Today marks the beginning of Agni Nakshathiram period, the hottest period, as per traditional almanacs of India. Also called Kathiri Veyyil period in Tamil, typically a period of media frenzy as well with a lot of discussions on weather among the common public. The typical discussions center around how hot will the Kathiri period be…
The Pre Monsoon / Summer Thunderstorms have come as a welcome relief to many interior parts of Tamil Nadu. In particular the West Interior TN areas around Coimbatore / Erode / Tiruppur district which does not see much Monsoon activity and owes a lot of its annual rainfall to the Pre Monsoon & Post Monsoon…
The last day of April saw Summer 2018 notch up a couple of gears across Tamil Nadu with many places seeing its hottest day of the year. Vellore & Tiruttani recorded the first 42°C for the year while 6 IMD observatories crossed 40°C. Both the IMD observatories at Chennai saw its hottest day of the…
As April gives way to May Tamil Nadu is getting into its hottest season of the year. The traditional Kathiri Veyyil period or Agninakshathiram is expected to begin from 4th May 2018 and run until 28th May 2018. With the Sun’s angle continuing its transit over Northern Hemisphere the stage is all set for “Hot…
The last week or so across Tamil Nadu temperatures have been staying up with few places regularly recording near 40°C like Karur Paramathi, Tiruttani, Vellore, Madurai & Tiruchirappalli. Yesterday though places like Karur Paramathi & Tiruchirappalli saw a dip in temperatures as estimated by weather models with Trichy AP seeing nearly 2 degrees compared to…
