For 5 straight days Chennai has seen day time temperatures in excess of 40ºC pretty much unheard of during the month of July in the history of Chennai. City Observatory recorded 40.7ºC yesterday as well, the third time it has crossed 40.5ºC in the last 3 days.
Today’s Business Line has carried an article on How Critical is July to the performance of Southwest Monsoon, based on a study done by us https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/poor-july-rain-may-lead-to-below-normal-monsoon-overall-says-study/article7395871.ece. The complete study is given below
Yesterday was the third straight day Chennai city saw temperatures cross 40°C, like day before both City & Airport observatories recorded beyond 40°C with city recording 40.7°C the highest of this month and Airport recording 40.3°C the highest of the month.
Yesterday was the 3rd day this July Chennai saw temperature exceeding 40⁰C with both the observatories recording above 40⁰C for the first time this July. Pondicherry continues to be under extreme heat wave conditions with second consecutive day of 40.9⁰C. Yesterday also saw Cuddalore touch 40⁰C for the first time this July.
Yesterday saw Nungambakkam touch 40.1ºC as day time max temperature. Similarly Pondicherry saw 40.9ºC which is now the highest ever temperature recorded at Pondy for the month of July.
