Thondi is a town located in the Ramanathapuram district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] It is about 25 km from Tiruvadanai.[1] During the Sangam period, it India, it was a port town.[1]
Thondi | |
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Country | India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Ramanathapuram |
Government | |
• Type | Town panchayat |
• Body | Town panchayat of Thondi |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 18,465 |
Languages | |
• Official | Tamil |
Time zone | UTC 5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 623409 |
Vehicle registration | TN-65 |
Nearest Town | Ramanathapuram R. S. Mangalam Tiruvadanai |
Lok Sabha constituency | Ramanathapuram |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Tiruvadanai |
Climate
editClimate data for Thondi (1981–2010, extremes 1959–2012) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 33.0 (91.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.9 (98.4) |
37.2 (99.0) |
40.1 (104.2) |
40.0 (104.0) |
40.4 (104.7) |
39.2 (102.6) |
39.7 (103.5) |
37.5 (99.5) |
35.9 (96.6) |
36.2 (97.2) |
40.4 (104.7) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.9 (85.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.6 (85.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 39.7 (1.56) |
28.7 (1.13) |
33.2 (1.31) |
55.2 (2.17) |
44.7 (1.76) |
21.8 (0.86) |
28.4 (1.12) |
32.7 (1.29) |
77.4 (3.05) |
196.3 (7.73) |
224.1 (8.82) |
128.2 (5.05) |
910.4 (35.84) |
Average rainy days | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 5.9 | 45.4 |
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST) | 76 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 76 |
Source: India Meteorological Department[2][3] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Thondi". Government of Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology.
- ^ "Station: Tondi Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 757–758. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M205. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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