Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

Scorching summer like conditions continue to persist across most parts of Tamil Nadu with the day time maximum temperatures staying well above normal in many places of the state. Not often one gets to see the hottest day of the year being recorded towards the fag end of July.  Madurai AP recorded not only the…

Not often one gets to see specific topics pertaining to areas beyond South India in this blog.  While we do cover Southwest Monsoon progress time to time and at times talk about larger issues like Global Warming etc we stick to South India since we know this region better having tracked the weather for longer…

The abnormally hot day time conditions that have been prevailing over Tamil Nadu for the past couple of days is likely to persist today as well.  A combination of clear skies due to lesser overall moisture and strong Westerlies until well into the evening that prevents sea breeze penetration  has meant most of Tamil Nadu…

While the first fortnight of July saw convectional rainfall dominate the weather in Tamil Nadu, the last few days have seen dry weather prevail over most parts of the state except for the Western Ghats where under the influence of Southwest Monsoon the last few days have seen good rains in many places.  Yesterday saw…