Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

It is more than a month since Chennai last received rains with the weather in Chennai remaining dry since December 9th.  While it has been dry since December the weather in Chennai has become cool since the turn of the new year. The COMK AWS at Anna Nagar recorded its second sub 20°C today with…

The last couple of days has seen cold morning in Chennai with yesterday recording the lowest temperature of the season in both the City & Airport observatory. This trend of cold mornings is expected to continue for the next few days as well with most parts of Peninsular India enjoying a mild cold wave. A…

The last week saw slightly warmer than normal weather in Chennai during the mornings.   Today saw the coldest day of Chennai for 2016 with the IMD AWS in Nungambakkam recording 21.6°C at the time of writing this post.  The COMK AWS in Anna Nagar has recorded 20.5°C at 5 in the morning today which…

While the Northeast Monsoon season ends on December 31st, IMD announces the end of Northeast Monsoon based on wind, rainfall & other meteorological parameters falling in place according to established protocol. Yesterday IMD has announced the withdrawal of Northeast Monsoon 2015 from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka. With this one of the most eventful…

In what is a pattern developing regularly the season of warm winter in India seem never ending.  As has been the pattern this season since December except for occasions under the influence of incoming Western Disturbances the temperatures tend to stay on the higher side compared to climatological averages. As one would observe in the…