First 2 Weeks of June Isn’t Going to be So Hot But It’ll Still Rain A Lot

Were you in Paya Lebar or Clementi on 6 or 7 May?

If so, you might want to check if your eyebrows are still around, or they’ve been burned by the intense heat, for during that two days, temperatures went up to 35 °C. If my science teacher’s right, that’s the boiling temperature.

But it’s understandable since May’s supposedly one of the hottest months of the year. In fact, for the entirety of May, the highest daily maximum temperature across the island was at least 34°C on more than half the number of days of the month.

No wonder my boss’s been scolding us more often recently; the heat must’ve got him.

But fret not; June’s here to save the day.

Rain & Shine Like Any Other Day

I once asked my editor, “Hey, Dumbass, why’re we writing about weather forecast every two weeks?”

My editor, who was having his lunch for more than two hours, said sleepily, “Because the Singapore weatherman comes out with it fortnightly. And also because we’ve nothing better to do.”

“There’s really a weatherman?”

“Read on.”

And so here we are.

Just like the over 19.5K days in Singapore’s history, it’s going to be sunny and rainy for the first two weeks of June.

Thundery showers are expected mostly in the late morning and early afternoon on six to eight days. The overall rainfall for the first half of June 2019 is likely to be above-normal over most parts of Singapore, which means you should be prepared for some “ponding”.

But of course, the goody news is that the rain’s only during office hours, so it won’t affect our journey to and fro work.

Here’s the better news: unlike last month whereby we were told to be prepared for temperature up to 35°C, there’s no such warning this fortnight, as daily temperature on most days is forecast to range between 25°C and 33°C.

I think only a Singaporean can rejoice at 33°C, but anyways.

Despite that, your nights are going to be a tad bit warmer as winds blow from the southeast and brings warm, humid air from the sea over the land. Night-time minimum temperatures of up to 28°C can be expected on some days, so toss your blanket away if you’ve no air-conditioner.

And by the way, if you’re sick and tired of reading the weather forecast from our app, you can actually really see a weatherman.

Oh, so a weatherman really exists. Cool.