Moderate rainfall on Saturday kept tourists at bay and forced them to undergo hardships across The Nilgiris.
On Saturday, the district received an average 18.94 mm rainfall. Udhagamandalam recorded highest rainfall of 45 mm. The lowest rainfall was recorded at Kinnakorai (1 mm).
Rainfall recorded in other places in the district is as follows: Coonoor – 5 mm, G. bazaar – 12 mm, K. Bridge – 6 mm, Ketti – 35 mm, Kothagiri – 23 mm, Naduvattam – 23 mm, Kallaty – 20 mm, Glenmorgan – 24 mm,
Upper Bhavani – 33 mm, Emerald – 10 mm, Avalanche – 28 mm, Geddai – 7 mm, Kodanadu – 10 mm, Devala – 26 mm and Burliar – 14 mm.
In Coimbatore district, rainfall recorded in south Coimbatore was 4 mm and at airport it was 1.4 mm. Pollachi recorded the highest (19 mm) and at Mettupalayam, it was 6.4 mm.