Light evening showers forecast in Chennai today

In its bulletin issued on Sunday, the met department said the sky condition is likely to be generally cloudy. 

“There will be a development of thunder clouds towards evening or night. Light rain is likely to occur in some areas,” said a duty official at the RMC. 

The maximum and minimum temperatures in the city are likely to be around 37 and 26 degrees Celsius respectively. 

The Nungambakkam observatory on Sunday recorded a maximum temperature of 35.3 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 23.2 degrees Celsius. The Nungambakkam observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 36.1 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 23.3 degrees Celsius.

Meanwhile, several areas in and around Chennai received rainfall throughout Saturday night. The DGP office and Ennore Automatic Weather Station (AWS) got 4 cm of rain each, Puzhal Automatic Rain Gauge (ARG), Red hills, Cholavaram and Kattukuppam ARG got 3 cm each. The Nungambakkam observatory recorded nearly 2 cm rain. 

The city has been receiving intense spells of rainfall in evening hours for the last few days.