SINGAPORE — If droplets of sweat bead your forehead the moment you step outdoors and run down your back despite an umbrella overhead, brace yourself. The hot weather looks set to stay in 2024, and could be even warmer than the temperatures felt in 2023 — the fourth warmest year on record for Singapore, said the national meteorologist on March...
El Nino causes hotter and drier weather over South-east Asia, including Singapore.SINGAPORE — If droplets of sweat bead your forehead the moment you step outdoors and run down your back despite an umbrella overhead, brace yourself.
El Nino causes hotter and drier weather over South-east Asia, including Singapore, due to changes in sea surface temperatures and surface winds over the tropical Pacific Ocean. The annual average temperature of 28.2 deg C tied with those of 1997 and 2015 — both also El Nino years. The warmest years on record are 2019 and 2016 at 28.4 deg C and 1998 at 28.3 deg C.
"Both El Nino and positive Indian Ocean Dipole events are typically associated with warmer temperatures in Singapore, while La Nina tends to moderate Singapore's temperatures," said MSS. Yet, despite the cool start to the year, monthly temperatures from April onwards were above their respective long-term averages, MSS said.The MSS report, which covered Singapore's main climatic features and notable weather records and events in 2023, also pointed out that the last decade — between 2014 and 2023 — has been Singapore's warmest decade on record at 28.06 deg C.MSS said Singapore's warming patterns are in line with global trends.
Days of high heat stress refer to days when the hourly average Wet Bulb Globe Temperature is equal to or greater than 33 deg C, and such circumstances put people at greater risk of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
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