As has been the case since Sunday few places in Coastal Tamil Nadu recorded rains yesterday as well. In particular the rains were heavy around the Ariyalur to Delta region. Senthurai in Ariyalur district recorded about 4 cms of rains while closer to the coast Manalmedu & Kollidam recorded about 2 cms. Little down…
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The curious case of Southwest Monsoon Dichotomy
This Southwest Monsoon season has seen some extreme events already. We had the case of extreme downpour in parts of Madhya Pradesh when places like Jabalpur saw flooding a few weeks back, now we are seeing some extreme rains Maharashtra around Nasik resulting in an overflowing Godavari. In all this one thing stands out is…
The Curious Case of 2016 Bengaluru Summer
It is an understatement to say 2016 Bengaluru Summer has been setting some never before records and possibly would end up as a case study in the days to come for weather enthusiasts. On April 25th Bengaluru recorded 39.2 degrees the hottest day ever in its history breaking a record set way back in 1931…
The Myth of Chennai Freeze at -3°C and the Snow that never happened.
It takes a lot to remove Chennai Heat during the month of April but “The Great Chennai Freeze” has actually managed to do that since last year thanks to an article from The Hindu. It appeared on 17th April 2015 and talked about how Chennai could possibly have received snow a good 200 years back during…
Does El Nino impact temperature in Chennai?
Does El Nino impact temperature in Chennai? In our El Nino series which we started with our First Post studying about possible relationship between El Nino and temperatures today we try to find the answer to the question on how much does El Nino impact temperature in Chennai. As mentioned in our first post we had…