Yesterday saw Isolated Rains in Tamil Nadu particularly around the Western Tamil Nadu region with Ooty recording 42 mm rains till early morning. Similarly places like Hosur, Manapparai, Yelagiri, Bodi etc also saw rains as interior places of Tamil Nadu benefited from the Line of Wind Discontinuity providing relief from the heat. Few places around…
Moderate Agni Nakshatram day on the cards, Rains for Interiors
Yesterday on the first day of Agni Nakshatram temperatures were by an large lesser at most places of Tamil Nadu compared to the previous few days. While on Tuesday 2 places crossed 41 degrees yesterday the highest was only 40.5 in Karur & Tiruttani. Things are expected to be similar today as well with another…
Agni Nakshatram 2016 to get off to a sedate start
Today marks the beginning of Agni Nakshatram 2016, the hottest days according to the Tamil calendar. Incidentally it also coincides with the peak summer period for most of Tamil Nadu. June / July could see more uncomfortable days for Chennai thanks to the very strong Westerly Land breeze that prevents moderating sea breeze to move…
Chennai Summer 2016 – A Comparison
We have seen Chennai Summer 2016 provide us some hot and uncomfortable days so far. How bad has been this year in comparison with the last few years. Did we see far worse years than this? A COMK Study comparing the Chennai Summer 2016 with the previous years starting from the turn of this millennium….
Hot Chennai Summer Day Ahead – Stay Cool
The start of May signifies the hottest Chennai Summer period coinciding with the கத்திரி & அக்னிநட்சத்திரம் period in the Indian system of following weather. Yesterday was no different with the temperatures in Chennai and most parts of Tamil Nadu notching up a couple of degrees across the board. Karur Paramati was the hottest at 41.5…