Chennai sizzles at 42 degrees Celsius, the highest this season

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Chennai connected Wednesday recorded the highest ever somesthesia this season, with Meenambakkam sizzling astatine 42 degrees Celsius and Nungambakkam signaling 40.7 degrees Celsius.

Meenambakkam, Chennai Airport, was the hottest spot successful the State, beating Vellore, which came 2nd with 41.6 degrees Celsius and Tiruttani astatine 41.5 degrees Celsius.

According to information provided by the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) here, Nungambakkam saw a deviation of 2.5 degrees Celsius from a mean of 38.2 degrees Celsius and Meenambakkam an summation of 2.9 degrees Celsius from the mean 39.1 degrees Celsius. The mean somesthesia is an mean arrived astatine from 30-year data.

Chances of rain

According to V.R. Durai, Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, temperatures are apt to stay precocious for astatine slightest a week implicit northbound coastal Tamil Nadu. “There is immoderate clouding and rainfall implicit immoderate places successful the remainder of the State,” helium said.

On Thursday, dense rainfall is apt astatine isolated places, with thundershowers and lightning astatine 1 oregon 2 places successful the Ghat areas of Coimbatore, the Nilgiris, Theni, Erode, and Dindigul districts.

Light to mean rainfall astatine isolated places, with thundershowers and lightning astatine 1 oregon 2 places, is apt for the remainder of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area.

On Friday, determination is simply a likelihood of dense rainfall astatine isolated places with thundershowers and lightning astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal, Tiruchi, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Tirupattur, Erode and the Nilgiris districts.

Published - May 21, 2026 12:37 americium IST

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