Mild showers bring some relief from heat in Tamil Nadu, heavy rains expected in few districts

CHENNAI: With several districts of Tamil Nadu receiving mild showers on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, people have received some respite from the sweltering heat.

The light to moderate rains were received in Tirunelveli, Dindigul, Salem, the Nilgiris, Kanyakumari, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Coimbatore, Chengalpattu, Thiruvallur and Thiruvarur on Thursday. Some parts of Chennai also received light showers during the morning hours during the morning hours.

Until Thursday morning, Mayiladathurai received the highest of 7 cm of rainfall, followed by 5 cm rainfall in Cuddalore and Madurai. During the day, Salem recorded 2.3 cm of rainfall, while Dindigul received 1.4 cm of rainfall.

The mild rains have brought down the maximum temperature to around 35 -36 degree Celsius and minimum temperature is expected to be 26-27 degree Celsius.

Meanwhile, Karur reported the highest maximum temperature of 41.5 degree Celsius, followed by 41.4 degree Celsius maximum temperature in Erode.

Namakkal reported a maximum temperature of 39.5 degree Celsius and the maximum temperature was 39.4 degree Celsius in Madurai.

For the next 48 hours, light to moderate rain is expected at a few places with thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds with speed reaching 30-40 kmph.

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Meanwhile, heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Dindigul, Karur, Erode, Namakkal, Salem, Dharmapuri and Kallakurichi.

Until May 13th, the maximum temperature is likely to be generally near normal over many places and about 2-3 degree Celsius at a few places in teh interior Tamil Nadu.

The interior districts are expected to report a maximum temperature of 37- 39 degree Celsius over the plains and about 33-37 degree Celsius in the coastal areas.

In Chennai, the sky condition will be partly cloudy with light to moderate rains in some parts on Friday. The minimum and maximum temperature is likely to be 28-29 degree Celsius and 35-36 degree Celsius respectively.