Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

Pretty much most of us know as far as Southwest Monsoon in concerned Tamil Nadu is a rain shadow region and gets very little rains except for Isolated Thunderstorms from the remnant moisture that migrates across Peninsular India.  So does it make sense to monitor Southwest Monsoon & look out for heavy rainfall numbers on…

Yesterday saw fairly widespread rains in Chennai with most areas of Chennai getting moderate to heavy spells of rains in the evening and later in the night.  The heaviest spells of rains happened in South Chennai around Chennai Airport & Tambaram region.  The interesting thing about yesterdays rains were clear spells of rains which were…

Ever since the Southwest Monsoon season started from June 1st, both Andhra Pradesh & Telengana states have seen regular rains bringing in much needed relief to the states that was reeling under two very poor years from both Southwest Monsoon & Northeast Monsoon.  While the early part of June brought in rains through thunderstorms the…

Last evening / night saw moderate rains in Chennai over many parts of the city.  While the weather has been fairly pleasant over the last few days the rains were sort of staying away from the city until the weekend.  Sunday early morning saw spells of rains in Chennai that set the tone for more…

In what has been pretty much unlike June weather in Chennai temperatures have been well below normal for the last week or so.  Yesterday saw a max temperature of 30.6 in Nungambakkam which is more than 5 degrees below normal.  In the case of Meenambakkam it was even lower at 29.9 degrees which was almost…