The city saw a sizzler of a day as the temperature at the Meenambakkam weather station touched 42.7 degrees Celsius and the one at Nungambakkam recorded 41.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, making it the hottest day of this summer so far.
The deviation from normal temperature was 4.4 degrees Celsius in Nungambakkam and 4.3 degrees Celsius at Meenambakkam. Minimum temperatures recorded at 8.30 a.m. at Meenabakkam was 29.4 degrees Celsius and 30.2 degrees Celsius at Nungambakkam.
Many places across Tamil Nadu, including Vellore (42.2 degrees Celsius), Tiruttani (41.8 degrees Celsius), Karur Paramathi (41.5 degrees Celsius), Cuddalore (40 degrees Celsius), Madurai airport (40.8 degrees Celsius) and Parangipettai (40.7 degrees Celsius), experienced high temperatures.
