Temperature hits 40-year record high of 37 deg C in Ang Mo Kio on Saturday
The Meteorological Service Singapore had earlier forecast that the warm and humid weather experienced in AprilIn a statement on May 2, it said: “May is normally one of the warmest months of the year. The first half of May is forecast to be warm and humid, with daily maximum temperatures reaching 34 deg C on most afternoons.
“On a few days when there is less cloud cover, the daily maximum temperature could reach a high of around 35 deg C.” NEA in April debunked claims circulating via text messages that Singapore was about to face a severe heatwave with temperatures rising to between 40 deg C and 50 deg C. “It is unlikely for the temperature in Singapore to reach a high of 40 deg C in the coming weeks,” it said.Singapore is at the confluence of a number of different climate variables, including the Enso system, El Nino and La Nina. That confluence means our weather patterns here are quite complicated.
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