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Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Nungambakkam
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- Chennai Regional Meteorological Centre in Nungambakkam is recognized by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for its impeccable work spanning more than 100 years.
- It was among five stations in the country to receive the recognition.
- Others are Mumbai, Panjim (Goa), Pune and Trivandrum.
- Chennai meteorological centre is considered one of the first modern astronomical-cum-meteorological observatory in the East.
About
- RMC was started as Madras observatory, the first astronomical observatory in 1786.
- It was a private facility set up at Egmore by William Petrie, an officer with the East India company.
- In 1789, the observatory passed from Petrie’s private ownership to the East India Company.
- Later that astronomical observatory was shifted to Kodaikanal.
- RMC was founded by Sir Charles Oakeley, the then Governor of Madras under the East India Company in 1792.
- It was founded way before the establishment of the Indian Meteorological Department in 1875.
- It 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.
- It is one of the six regional meteorological centres (RMCs) of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
- The other regional centres are located at Kolkata, Guwahati, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi.
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