The initial onset of Monsoon was brought by a torrential downpour in the Western Ghats region. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwarean
After recording 97% of surplus in summer rainfall, it is now expected that Tamil Nadu will slow down rain activity for one week, especially in the Western Ghats region.
The Regional Meteorological Center (RMC), Chennai, predicted that within 6 June there would be a decrease in rainfall activity within 6 June. After the busy May, it will be limited to insulated areas, which are characterized by exceptional precipitation and immersion at daily temperatures.
Without a significant weather system over the Gulf of Bengal, Chennai can also start to experience a slight increase in the maximum temperature since Sunday, the officials said. In its long -term prediction for the southwestern monsoon in India, the meteorological department (IMD) predicts that most parts of the state will continue to experience normal or above normal precipitation in June. However, the northern interior of Tamil Nadu is likely to receive only below -average rainfall in June.
B. Amudha, the head (another charged), RMC, Chennai, said he first noted during the monsoon that IMD first provided for the first time for the first time, B. Amudha, head (another entrusted), RMC, Chennai. The weather models predicted that the region could receive 36 cm, against its seasonal diameter of 33 cm, she said. The initial arrival of the monsoon brought a torrential downpour in the western Ghats., With places like Avalanche (Nilgiris district) and Chinnakallar (Coimbatore District), receiving 141 cm and 101 cm rainfall since 23rd, added. This year, this year was relatively mild in many parts of the state, with only eight of the 30 weather stations saw temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius.
Erode recorded 15 May the highest daily temperature of the season 41.2 ° C.
Meteorologists said that Chennai had experienced one of her smallest years with colder May and excess summer rainfall. P. Senthamarai Kannan, Director, Area Cyclone Warning Center, RMC, Chennai, said the city did not record temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius this summer. In the last 45 years it has been the eighth year, when Chennai had a slight summer without hot days. Some of the previous years, when the city had experienced heat, include 2022, 2018, 1995 and 1987.
Chennai did not witness an increase in temperatures as a result of the episodes of the collision back on top of the top summer days and the initial onset of the southwest monsoon. This year the maximum temperatures remained below normal within 39% of the days in May, Mr. Kannan said.
Published – 1 June 2025 12:34
