Tamil Nadu may encounter El Niño differently from rest of India
In strong El Niño years, pressure differences between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea can drive moist air into coastal Tamil Nadu; when an El Niño coincides with warmer waters in the Bay, evaporation increases, and cyclonic circulations in November-December release this stored heat as intense, localised rainfall
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- Weather & monsoon
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- Tamil Nadu
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- Sunday, 18 October 2026, 1:11 pm IST
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