Indian Sub Continent is unique in many ways with the mighty Himalayas on one side and ocean bodies on three side surrounding Peninsular India. North India in a way not only has seen empires from Central Asia trying to make inroads but time to time Sub-tropical weather events also make its presence through Mid Latitude…
Summer starts to tighten grip over most of Tamil Nadu
“Beware the Ides of March” Words uttered by a soothsayer in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar The Ides of March may have been uttered to warn Julius Caesar in the play written by William Shakespeare, but the weather blogging community possibly knows it is equally applicable as far as summer goes for Tamil Nadu. More often…
Appreciable increase in temperatures likely over Interior Peninsular India
Winter 2024 was abnormally warm over Southern Peninsular India. The IMD monthly summary indicated during the month of January the max temperatures over the region was about 0.67°C above normal which was the fourth highest average maximum temperature during January since 1901. During February the max temperature over Southern Peninsular India was 0.97°C warmer than…
Dry weather to accelerate the arrival of Summer over Peninsular India
The IMD long term temperature anomaly analysis indicate a trend of 0.62°C degree increase in temperatures over the Indian sub continent every 100 years. The four out of the five hottest years have been since 2010. While 2023 was the second hottest year, the hottest year was 2016 which was immediately after one of the…
Weak Rainfall activity to keep temperatures under check over Peninsular India
The last couple of days saw temperatures increase appreciably over the interior areas of Peninsular India. While both Erode and Karur recorded above 39°C the IMD observatory at Chennai AP recorded 35.3°C. Weather models did pick up this spell of appreciably warmer than normal day time temperatures fairly well in advance. While overall Peninsular India…