Mar-07 = 0mm (0%)
Mar-08 = 165mm (5500%)
Apr-07 = 0.4mm (1%)
Apr-08 = 0mm (0%)
May-07 = 0.2mm (0%)
May-08 = 1.6mm (3%)
Jun-07 = 94mm (174%)
Jun-08 = 125.2mm (232%)
Jul-07 = 249.2mm (254%)
Jul-08 = 29.4mm (30%)
As you can see the trend is like... Summer showers are getting lower, so hot and dry.
If showers occur that is heavy and squally.
These features are of desert.
Good thing is Chennai is getting more rain from South-west monsoon.