Yesterday saw a fairly widespread hot day in Tamil Nadu as many places recorded their hottest day of 2017 including both the observatories in Chennai. The airport observatory recorded 38°C for the first time while the city observatory recorded 36°C for the first time this year. Similarly Madurai & Tirunelveli (Palayamkottai) recorded 40°C for the…
While Interior TN sizzles, isolated rains continue over West Coast
Interior TN continued to sizzle with Karur continuing to top the charts after recording 41.8°C yesterday as well. Dharmapuri recorded its hottest day of 2017 touching 40°C for the first time this year. Once again the usual suspects like Vellore, Trichy, Salem etc continue to see hot day time conditions. Things are set to persist…
Windy Conditions to keep Temp in Check for Coastal Tamil Nadu
As hot conditions prevail over most of Interior Tamil Nadu, coastal areas of the state have been lucky so far to stay away from the hot conditions on a more regular basis. As one can understand from the chart except for Chennai Airport most of the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry have still…
Marginal Increase in Temperatures expected for Chennai
So far Chennai has been fairly moderate as fas as day time maximum temperatures are concerned thanks to the Easterlies and Sea Breeze providing timely intervention. Even as places in Interior Tamil Nadu continues to see hot conditions and showing signs of summer taking grip the city observatory in Nungambakkam has crossed 35°C only a…
Interior Tamil Nadu continues to see Hot Day time Conditions
The hot conditions prevailing over Tamil Nadu continues to persist with Vellore and Karur recording above 40°C with Karur topping at 41.2°C. The saving grace for some pockets of Tamil Nadu and a few places of South Interior Karnataka was the late evening thunderstorms bringing in relief from the heat. Rasipuram near Salem recorded 8…