Last night saw widespread rains lash the delta region with Tiruchirapalli, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur and Thanjavur districts getting good rains. Also places in the districts of Vellore, Kanchipuram, Tiruvannamalai districts also got heavy spells of rains. Southern Suburbs of Chennai like OMR, ECR also got heavy spells of rains early in the morning.
Last night saw fairly heavy spells of rains over many parts of North TN particularly in the districts of Villupuram, Kanchipuram & Tiruvannamalai. Cuddalore has received 56 mm accordingly the TN Agricultural University AWS Network. Gingee in Villupuram district has received 54 mm from overnight rains
Northeast Monsoon, the retreating monsoon, is the lifeline of Tamil Nadu with the coastal districts getting 60% of the annual rainfall during these three months of October – December. Interior districts get more than 40% of the rainfall during Northeast Monsoon. The Normal onset date of Northeast Monsoon is around October 20th with +/- 7…
After a few days of getting almost daily rains, most parts of TN had a break from rains except for some isolated spells of rains over North TN. These spells were neither heavy nor widespread. The wind patterns have changed back to Westerlies after a few days of Easterlies weather thanks to the circulation in…
Southwest Monsoon officially has come to an end with an overall deficit of 14% in comparison to long term average rainfall. East & Northeast India ended up as the region with least negative anomaly of 8% less than normal rainfall while Northwest India ended up the worst region at 17% deficit. From today the rainfall…
