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…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
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…
Spike in temperatures likely over Interior Tamil Nadu
With nearly 3 weeks of February gone the afternoons have started to heat up over the interior places of Peninsular India. It is no surprise though as Peninsular India is the first to heat up in the Indian subcontinent as parts of West Coast and West Interior areas of Peninsular India see summer first before…
Day time temperatures to remain under check
As we get to the second half of February most parts of Peninsular India will gradually see both day and night time temperatures increase. Though nights may still remain cool and pleasant the cold nights over the interior areas will be a thing of past. Days that were fairly pleasant during the early days of…
Rapidly warming North Indian Ocean – Intensifying Cyclones
The Blue Marble is one of the most iconic satellite images taken ever. It is the photo of the earth taken in December 1972 nearly 30000 kms away. This image pretty much visually explains why the Earth is called the Blue Planet. Nearly 71% of the earth’s surface is covered by water so the planet…