Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

The seasonal dry and hot weather in Tamil Nadu continues to persist with Trichy, Vellore, Tiruttani & Tirupathur recording above 40°C yesterday.  Tirupathur thus became the 8th town in Tamil Nadu to touch 40°C mark for the year 2017.  In the meanwhile we are likely to see the first seasonal low pressure form in Bay…

Yesterday saw a fairly widespread hot day in Tamil Nadu as many places recorded their hottest day of 2017 including both the observatories in Chennai.  The airport observatory recorded 38°C for the first time while the city observatory recorded 36°C for the first time this year. Similarly Madurai & Tirunelveli (Palayamkottai) recorded 40°C for the…

Interior TN continued to sizzle with Karur continuing to top the charts after recording 41.8°C yesterday as well.  Dharmapuri recorded its hottest day of 2017 touching 40°C for the first time this year.  Once again the usual suspects like Vellore, Trichy, Salem etc continue to see hot day time conditions. Things are set to persist…

As hot conditions prevail over most of Interior Tamil Nadu, coastal areas of the state have been lucky so far to stay away from the hot conditions on a more regular basis.  As one can understand from the chart except for Chennai Airport most of the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry have still…

So far Chennai has been fairly moderate as fas as day time maximum temperatures are concerned thanks to the Easterlies and Sea Breeze providing timely intervention.  Even as places in Interior Tamil Nadu continues to see hot conditions and showing signs of summer taking grip the city observatory in Nungambakkam has crossed 35°C only a…