Abstract

The northeast monsoon period in India, as is well known, is from October to December. This is the main rainy season for most of the districts in the Madras State(Tamilnad). In the year 1946, Tamilnad(Fig. 1) received a rainfall of 31.2'' which was 73 per cent above the normal amount of 18.5'', while in the year 1949, the rainfall over this area was only 10.5'' which was 43 per cent below normal. The northeast monsoon rainfall for the years 1946-50 and the normal rainfall for this season are given in Fig. 2.

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