Extra cool climate anticipated this week attributable to monsoon surge; temperature dipped to 22.3°C on Jan 24

The each day whole rainfall of 114.4mm recorded at Higher Pierce Reservoir on Sunday – the primary day of Chinese language New Yr – was the very best throughout this monsoon surge.

On Tuesday, the rain was heaviest over the jap a part of Singapore, with a complete of 61.2mm recorded at Pulau Tekong.

The bottom temperature throughout this present surge was additionally recorded on the identical day, measuring 22.3 levels Celsius at Newton and Jurong West.

The Met Service mentioned widespread steady rain, which can flip “heavy at instances”, is anticipated to proceed on Wednesday, step by step easing within the night time.

Brief-duration afternoon showers are forecast for Thursday and Friday.

“Windy and wet situations might be anticipated once more with one other monsoon surge anticipated to have an effect on Singapore and the encircling area from round Saturday,” mentioned the Met Service.

“The surge is prone to final over the weekend and convey cool and windy situations, with each day minimal temperatures of twenty-two levels Celsius in some locations.”

The Met Service famous that the final time an analogous monsoon surge occurred was final January. Again then, the very best each day whole rainfall recorded was 101.2 mm, and the bottom temperature reached 22.8 levels Celsius.