Several places in Tamil Nadu including Chennai city and its suburbs experienced welcome showers on June 18 morning bringing down the high temperatures felt over the past few days. The neighbouring Puducherry too received rains.
According to data from various stations, till 10.45 a.m. Chennai (Nungambakkam) recorded 2 mm of rain, Ennore recorded 4.5 mm of rain, Tirur in Tiruvallur district 1.5 mm and Maraimalai Nagar 5 mm.
Other stations including Polur in Tiruvannamalai recorded 38.2 mm, Ambur in Tirupattur district 11.2 mm, Nedungal in Krishnagiri 14 mm, Sholayar in Coimbatore registered 14 mm, Manjalar in Theni saw 8 mm, Nagapattinam 5.9 mm and Pechiparai in Kanniyakumari 6.3 mm.
