Parts of Tamil Nadu Face Summer Like Heat This September

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Parts of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, have recorded unusually high summer-like temperatures this September.
The Regional Meteorological Centre attributed the heat to a weak Southwest monsoon, lack of cloud cover, dry southerly winds, and the El Niño effect.
Several stations, including Erode, Palayamkottai, Vellore, Tiruchi and Madurai, crossed 40°C earlier this month, and Tiruchi recorded 39.5°C, the State's highest, for the third consecutive day.
Nungambakkam in Chennai recorded 38.1°C, the city's second highest September maximum in a decade, against an all-time September record of 38.9°C set in 1883.
Increased rainfall from Friday, triggered by a trough up to the Gulf of Mannar, is expected to cool temperatures, and rain over the coming weeks may narrow the rainfall deficit.

Whether rainfall from Friday reduces temperatures in north and interior Tamil Nadu, including Chennai and Vellore.
Whether rain over the next few weeks narrows the September rainfall deficit.
Updates from the RMC as weather models are monitored and radars undergo maintenance for monsoon preparedness.

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