2024 was Singapore's joint-warmest year on record; temperature highs in April, July and December

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2024 was Singapore's joint-warmest year on record; temperature highs in April, July and December
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SINGAPORE: Last year was Singapore’s warmest on record, tied with 2019 and 2016, the Meteorological Service Singapore said on Friday (Jan 10).

Two women sharing an umbrella under the hot weather in Singapore. SINGAPORE: Last year was Singapore’s warmest on record, tied with 2019 and 2016, the Meteorological Service Singapore said on Friday .

April 2024’s mean daily minimum temperature of 26.7 degrees Celsius also tied with 2016 for the highest April mean daily minimum temperature.It was also the warmest July on record - its mean temperature of 29.3 degrees Celsius was 1.1 degrees Celsius above the long-term average for the month and surpassed the previous warmest July recorded in 2015 by 0.2 degrees Celsius.

Changi climate station’s highest daily maximum temperature for the month of December was broken by a wide margin on Dec 7, 2024, when the station recorded a temperature of 35.6 degrees Celsius. This exceeded the previous record of 33.9 degrees Celsius set on Dec 1, 2021, by 1.7 degrees Celsius. The highest 15-minute average Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature in 2024 was 34.4 degrees Celsius, recorded at Bishan Stadium on Mar 7 and at Bedok Stadium on May 28.

Changi climate station recorded 2432mm of rainfall in 2024, 15.1 per cent above its long-term average.Singapore experienced a dry spell of 18 days between Jul 13 and Jul 30, 2024, with average rainfall coming in at 84.6mm – 52.7 per cent below long-term average.After the drier period, November 2024 broke the record for the wettest November since 1980, with average rainfall coming in at 419mm.

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