Last night Chennai city received heavy showers and lasted for couple of hours bringing slight relief to Chennaites. Met department says this will be followed by heavy showers as a low pressure area is forming over the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh. Compared to last year, this August has been significantly hotter. While the maximum temperature was around 32 degrees Celsius this time last year, the maximum temperature on Sunday was 37.4 degrees Celsius.
The maximum and minimum temperature on Monday is predicted to be 37 degree Celsius and 28 degree Celsius, respectively.