The long period average for TN & PDC during the Winter Season (Jan. & Feb.) is 24.7 mm. This is the season with lowest rains for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Summer (March to May) provides for 124.9 mm while SWM provides for 328.5 mm. Northeast Monsoon primary rainfall season for Coastal TN contributes 442.8 mm….
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Samba crops face Rain threat due to likely LPA over South Bay
Climatology is an often misunderstood term in weather. Even among weather bloggers we use climatology often without a context. Even among common public this is very prevalent. A very good example is the wonderful Anjali Anjali song from the movie Duet. கார்த்திகை மாதம் போனால் கடும் மழை இல்லையே கண்மணி நீயில்லையேல் கவிதைகள் இல்லையே. Wonderful song written by…
Parts of TN to see rains as 2025 gives way to 2026
The statistical end to Northeast Monsoon 2025 is just a couple of hours away. Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry subdivisional rainfall will end at 428.9 mm. A negative anomaly of 3%, first time since 2018, NEM has not ended on a positive note. A season that promised so much with a blistering start during the early…
Northeast Monsoon 2025 reaches its final stages
As we get to the last week of December it is time to discuss the inevitable. When does Northeast Monsoon come to an end for this year? As we have mentioned often statistically the Northeast Monsoon season ends on 31st December. But many years the monsoon dynamics may continue into January. In some cases they…
Easterly wave brings final rainfall event of 2025
This year Northeast Monsoon has been a season of “Fits and Starts. Long dry spells interspersed with bouts of rainfall event that are of short duration. Unfavourable tropical waves during the first fortnight of November did not help either. The heaviest rains during NEM season is normally during LPA / Depression / Cyclone. But the…