Chennai Weather

Chennai experiences uniform weather between November to February although it continues to be hot and humid. Temperatures soar in May and range from 33 degrees to 42 degrees Celsius, sometimes even touching 45 degrees Celsius for a few days. December and January are the coolest months with a mean temperature of 24 degrees Celsius. Monsoons in Chennai last from late September to mid November, the average rainfall being as high as 1300 mm. The city also experiences cyclones that are brought in by the north-east monsoon winds from the Bay of Bengal.