Summary:
Severe cold claimed the life of a fisherman in Kanyakumari district who was fishing in the deep sea with 11 others. Between January 2 and January 5, the minimum temperature in the night hours went down to 18 degree Celsius. The average minimum temperature for January in Trichy is 20.6 degree Celsius. In Trichy, the first week of January was unusually colder with the minimum temperature dropping to 18 degrees Celsius while the average minimum temperature of the city lingered around 20.6 degrees Celsius for the same period in the past years. Weather experts say clouds act as a shield, retaining the day’s heat and making nights warmer.Mahesh Palwat, meteorologist from Skymet weather services said that less cloud formation over the past few days was the reason for colder nights..