Yesterday saw some marginal respite in hot conditions for Tamil Nadu with only Dharmapuri crossing 40 degrees while a few places in Kanyakumari district got rains along with parts of South Kerala. Chennai also saw reduction in temperatures with the city observatory recording 35.1 while Airport recorded 37 degrees fairly lesser than what was being…
Unprecedented Indian Heat Wave 2016 setting new records
The Indian Heat Wave 2016 that has been crippling the country for the last few days is scorching large swathes of the country with some never seen before temperatures at this time of the year. Bankura in West Bengal broke its all time record for hottest April temperature yesterday by recording 46 degrees with the previous…
Heat Wave in Telengana – No immediate end in sight
In what is turning out to be one of the worst in recent times, Heat wave in Telengana is carrying on unabated and it appears there is no immediate end in sight. Along with parts of Vidarbha & Odisha it is Telengana that is seeing the ugly face of this scorching summer so far. While…
Chennai Summer gets ready for Overdrive with hottest day yesterday
Chennai Summer that started slow compared to the rest of Tamil Nadu has taken decisive steps over the last couple of days in getting into overdrive. Yesterday saw Chennai Airport almost touching 40°C, finally settling at 39.2°C. The observatory in the city was not far behind settling at 36.7°C to end up a very hot…
2016 Hottest Day in Tamil Nadu Recorded, similar conditions to continue
Yesterday saw the hottest day in Tamil Nadu for the year 2016. Karur, Vellore, Trichy & Tiruttani recorded temperatures in excess of 41 degrees while Salem, Dharmapuri, Tirupattur, Palayamkottai & Madurai recorded above 40 degrees. In the above list except for Salem & Madurai all the other places have recorded the hottest day of 2016…