First 2 Weeks of Feb Would be Hot With Temperature Up to 34°C

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George Yang
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So, yesterday, as you have your reunion dinner, you’d realise that it’s raining.

That must be a sign that it’s going to be a cool CNY period, right? After all, from what I remember, raining on CNY Eve is as rare as raining during NDP—it’s so rare, we could hardly remember it happening before in our lifetime.

But here’s the hard truth: that rain was the rarity, because for the next two weeks, you’d be able to boil an egg outdoors.

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Here’s what you’ve got to know.

Hot & Dry During CNY Period

Now, this might be new to you: according to the weathermen, February is always the driest month of the year.

So it’s not unexpected that you seldom come across rain during CNY visiting, and why GO-JEK drivers are not kidnapping that many passengers during this period.

In the first two weeks of February, the crazy winds that greeted us in the last two weeks of January would be weaker, so smokers no longer need to stick to a wall to light up. Just so you know, the mean speed of the wind last month went up to 30 kmh: this month, it would be up to 20 kmh.

Which means it’s still windy, but not to the extent of blowing you off the ground.

In the first fortnight of February, there would be four to six days of rain—and for your info, one rain has already occurred yesterday.

And here’s the meat of this article: the average temperature is about 24°C to 33°C.

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On some days, it can go up to 34°C.

Last month, Choa Chu Kang held the record of being the hottest at 34.8°C. So if you live there, good luck: you might be melted again this month.

Solar Heating of Land Areas

In the report by Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS), it indicates that there would be “solar heating of land areas”.

Now, that sounds scary: are we going to experience the first earthquake in Singapore?

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As we don’t have a degree in geology (heck, we even failed it), so we consulted Google for our answers.

Turns out that there’s no exact answer (i.e. no Wikipedia entry lah) about this: instead, we’ve gone through many articles and here’s a Goody-Feed-style explanation:

You won’t need to care much about it, because it’s merely the different temperature of the ground, which changes based on whether it’s day or night. With wind, it can change a little more as the wind would carry the hot temperature from an area that’s hotter to an area that’s cooler.

But the difference isn’t important, unless we’re talking about a movie like 2012 lah.

So what you need to worry about is this: how can you wear less to combat the heat without facing your relatives’ passive aggressive onslaught?

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