Its been now a week since the Northeast Monsoon 2022 began from the statistical perspective. The first days performance has been below par even though the last couple of days have seen rains return over the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu. As against the long period average of 29.4 mm the Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Rains to continue over Peninsular India
After a lull of few days rains returned over many parts of Chennai and suburbs yesterday with light to moderate rains happening during the morning hours. In a way these rains reminded of Northeast Monsoon when most of the rains happen during the early morning hours. But one should remember these pseudo Northeast Monsoon type…
Transition thunderstorms to gradually pick up over Peninsular India
IMD announced further withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from more parts of Northwest India yesterday. The monsoon has now withdrawn over all of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh while withdrawing over most parts of Gujarat as well. The next few days though we might see very slow withdrawal as monsoon…
Statistical end to Southwest Monsoon 2022
Yesterday officially the Southwest Monsoon season came to an end with an overall performance of 6.5% above average. IMD has four seasons for statistical convenience. January and February mark the winter season, March to May is considered as summer season while June to September is the Southwest Monsoon season and October to December being the…
Widespread thunderstorms likely over North TN
Thunderstorms have returned with a bang over Tamil Nadu with many places receiving heavy rains over the past couple of days. In particular parts of Delta dts have recorded very heavy rains with few places in Trichy and Thanjavur districts recording nearly 15 cms of rains for the 24 hours ending Monday morning. Similarly parts…





