Singapore data wettest October in 40 years with wet days anticipated to proceed into November

SINGAPORE: Singapore skilled its wettest October in 40 years, with wet days anticipated to proceed into November, the Meteorological Service Singapore mentioned on Tuesday (Nov 1).

The Changi local weather station recorded 27 days of rain in October.

“That is the best variety of rain days occurring in October on the Changi local weather station because the Nineteen Eighties and surpasses the earlier report of 21 days noticed in 1985 and 2003,” the met service mentioned. 

The month-to-month complete rainfall final month in October was 412mm, exceeding the earlier October excessive of 389.3mm in 2011.

“Primarily based on the rainfall averaged throughout the island-wide stations with long-term data since 1980, October 2022 is the wettest October in 4 a long time,” the met service mentioned. 

WET WEATHER EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

Moist climate is anticipated to proceed within the first fortnight of November, with the monsoon rain band forecast to stay over the Southeast Asia area.

Thundery showers are anticipated on most days.

Within the first week of November, widespread thundery showers with occasional gusty winds are anticipated between the pre-dawn hours and morning on some days, mentioned the met service. 

Afternoon thundery showers may be anticipated on most days within the latter half of the fortnight, with the rain extending into the night on a couple of days.

“The whole rainfall for the primary fortnight of November 2022 is forecast to be above common over most elements of the island,” it added.

Through the first half of November, the each day temperature on most days is forecast to vary between 24 and 33 levels Celsius.

The wetter climate could also be comparatively decrease temperatures on a couple of days, with each day minimal temperatures beneath 23 levels Celsius and each day most temperatures beneath 32 levels Celsius. 

OCTOBER REVIEW

In its climate evaluation for October, the met service mentioned a number of tropical storms over the South China Sea and the Western Pacific Ocean resulted in large-scale convergence of winds over Singapore and the encircling space.

“This led to the event of a number of Sumatra squalls that introduced widespread showers and gusty winds over Singapore between the pre-dawn hours and morning on most days,” it defined, noting that there have been additionally thundery showers on a number of afternoons and nights.

On Oct 5, a Sumatra squall introduced heavy rain over many elements of Singapore within the morning, leading to a each day complete rainfall of 138.1mm recorded at Pasir Panjang – the best each day complete rainfall for the month. 

As a result of wet climate, the each day most temperature was beneath 33 levels Celsius on most days in October. The moist climate additionally introduced a number of days of cool nighttime temperatures. 

There have been 23 days with each day minimal temperatures of 24 levels Celsius or much less. 

Based on the met service, the temperature at Jurong Island dropped to 21.9 levels Celsius in the course of the showers on Oct 12. This was the bottom each day minimal temperature for October.