Intense thunderstorms lashed many parts of Chennai as it got the heaviest spell of rains in more than 6 months, to be precise since the day of Cyclone Vardah landfall, with many places seeing intense cloudburst type conditions. While Meenambakkam already recorded a day of 5 cms on 6th July the city observatory continued to…
Evening thunderstorms likely over North Tamil Nadu
As Southwest Monsoon continues to be weak over West Coast of India, parts of Tamil Nadu have been receiving convective evening thunderstorms. On the one hand while most Chennaites look forward to getting a spell or two of these thunderstorms in order to replenish the ground water resources locally one should keep in mind the…
Isolated evening rains in Tamil Nadu to continue
The evening thunderstorms continue to provide some respite to parts of Tamil Nadu with isolated rains seen in many places along the coast yesterday as well while one or two places in the interiors got some rains. While Chennai saw rains in many places on Thursday yesterday saw sharp showers in a few places with…
Overnight Rains Lash many parts of Chennai
A day after what was the hottest day in more than a month overnight Rains lashed many parts of Chennai with some areas of the city recording intense thunderstorms. In what was a fairly good day for Coastal Tamil Nadu all the way from Tiruvallur district to Delta districts rains were recorded in many places…
Chennai sees hottest day in a month
Like a return of Summer both Chennai observatories crossed 39 degrees yesterday with Chennai Nungambakkam becoming the hottest place in the state after recording 39.6°C in the process also being the hottest place in Tamil Nadu yesterday. In comparison to the normal temperatures for this time of the year the city observatory in Chennai was…