During last 24 hours, the weather of Chennai has remained almost dry, though scattered light rains and showers were witnessed by the city on July 26. Since then, the weather conditions have remained favorable for the residents of Chennai and light to moderate rains may continue to occur during the next 24 to 48 hours.
In a span of 24 hours from 08:30 am on Thursday, the Meenambakkam observatory recorded a good 36 mm of rainfall, Nungambakkam observatory witnessed a mere 3 mm of rainfall.
These weather conditions can be attributed to a feeble trough which is seen extending from South Andhra Pradesh Coast up to Tamil Nadu Coast. Due to this trough, scattered light showers cannot be ruled out over Chennai, Puducherry and nearby districts for the next few days.
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Meanwhile, these rains will be highly localized and patchy in nature. Though the intensity of these rains and thundershowers will also not be heavy to very heavy. With this, no significant relief from this prevailing humid and dry weather conditions is likely over the state of Tamil Nadu and its state capital, Chennai.
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The month of July has remained mainly dry for Chennai. However, there were a few instants when the city recorded some good spells of rains and thundershowers. Otherwise mostly scattered light rains or traces were only recorded by the city.
As on July 27, the subdivision rainfall distribution statistics shows that Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are rain deficient by 31% and 10%, respectively. Whereas, Chennai is also rain deficient by 12%.
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