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Chennai has been featured in UNESCO Creative Cities Network list since October 2017 for its old musical tradition. [196] Government Museum, the second oldest museum in India. Chennai has a diverse theatre scene and is a prominent centre for Bharata Natyam, a classical dance form that originated in Tamil Nadu and is the oldest dance in India. [197]
The centre took eleven air samples in and around North Chennai and Chennai city as part of their air quality study in Ennore 2016. 24-hour samples were taken using filters fitted to a low volume air sampler and analysed for PM 2.5 (Particulate Matter or dust less than 2.5 micrometres in size).
Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai is one of the six regional meteorological centres (RMCs) of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and is responsible for the weather-related activities of the southern Indian peninsula comprising the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the union territories of Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep Islands and Puducherry.
Under the Köppen climate classification, Chennai has the dry-summer version of a tropical savanna climate (As), [5] [6] closely bordering the dry-winter version (Aw) due to a February average rainfall of 4.7 mm (0.19 in). Chennai lies on the thermal equator and is also coastal, which prevents extreme variation in seasonal temperature. [7]
The following is a list of cities by sunshine duration.Sunshine duration is a climatological indicator, measuring duration of sunshine in given period (usually, a day or a year) for a given location on Earth, typically expressed as an averaged value over several years.
It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology. IMD is headquartered in Delhi and operates hundreds of observation stations across India and Antarctica. Regional offices are at Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur, Guwahati and New Delhi.
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It later made landfall around Chennai, India as a Deep Depression. It fell to Depression intensity and later degenerated into a remnant low. [124] In Chennai, about 200 trees were uprooted due to Cyclone Mandous. [125] Damage in Anantapur was Rs45 million (US$550 thousand). [126] Four people died Tamil Nadu from heavy rains.