Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

The Indian Heat Wave 2016 that has been crippling the country for the last few days is scorching large swathes of the country with some never seen before temperatures at this time of the year.  Bankura in West Bengal broke its all time record for hottest April temperature yesterday by recording 46 degrees with the previous…

In what is turning out to be one of the worst in recent times, Heat wave in Telengana is carrying on unabated and it appears there is no immediate end in sight.  Along with parts of Vidarbha & Odisha it is Telengana that is seeing the ugly face of this scorching summer so far.  While…

Chennai Summer that started slow compared to the rest of Tamil Nadu has taken decisive steps over the last couple of days in getting into overdrive. Yesterday saw Chennai Airport almost touching 40°C, finally settling at 39.2°C.  The observatory in the city was not far behind settling at 36.7°C to end up a very hot…

Yesterday saw the hottest day in Tamil Nadu for the year 2016.  Karur, Vellore, Trichy & Tiruttani recorded temperatures in excess of 41 degrees while Salem, Dharmapuri, Tirupattur, Palayamkottai & Madurai recorded above 40 degrees.  In the above list except for Salem & Madurai all the other places have recorded the hottest day of 2016…

Slowly but steadily Tamil Nadu weather is shifting to the Extreme Heat mode with another day of state wide heating expected.  Yesterday saw Vellore, Trichy, Tiruttani & Karur record temperatures in excess of 40 degrees while Chennai Airport came very close to scoring a century (100F) first time for the month of April. Models indicate…