Question

Chennai receives less rain than thiruvananthapuram although it has more rainy days

Answer 1

Chennai receives less rain than thiruvananthapuram although it has more rainy days

Explanation:

• "Chennai" has more "rainfall months" than "Kerala" since it gets  rainfall from the "southwest monsoon" winds as well as "northwest monsoon" winds (in winters). However,Chennai gets less rainfall than "Thiruvananthapuram", though it has more rainfall months
• This is because  "Chennai" gets rainfall from "northeast monsoons" in Oct-Nov which is not "so strong"; therefore "Chennai" gets less rainfall while "Thiruvananthapuram" (in Kerala) gets "very heavy rainfall" from "southwest monsoon" that are "very strong". "Thiruvananthapuram" also gets some rainfall from the "retreating Monsoon".

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Answer 2

Answer:

Since Thiruvananthapuram lies on windward side of Western ghats therefore it receives heavy rainfall from south west monsoon while Chennai gets rainfall from North East monsoon in October -November which is not so strong