City to see cooler nights in the coming days, say experts
Posted on: 04/Jan/2016 12:22:41 PM
Temperatures in Chennai have been cool in the city as it recovers from unprecedented rains and floods last month. Chennaiites are feeling the chill in the air after sunset. Temperatures have averaged at 31 degrees Celsius during the day and 21 degrees Celsius in the nights.
Experts say that they expect the temperature to drop below 20 degrees Celsius in the coming nights. `relatively warmer sea, becomes weaker and the land breeze circulation becomes stronger. Until the early 90`s, the total number of days when the temperature fell to below 20 degrees Celsius stood at around 12. The number of cold days started falling gradually. In 2012, we had four days when the temperature dropped to 17-18 degrees Celsius. In 2013 and 2014, there was none`, said a senior official at the Meteorological Department. `The weather is pleasant from January to March but the city also tends to experience humidity. during this season if the easterly winds are strong. They carry moisture and tends to form a cloud, trapping radiation from the land`, he said.
