Last 2 Weeks of Jan 2022 Will be Hot & Dry, With Temperature Up to 34°C

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Chloe Tan
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Sweating buckets recently? We’ll have to keep dealing with stinky MRT cabins full of sweaty commuters, as hot and dry weather is expected to continue for the rest of January.

Here’s the latest weather forecast from NEA.

Monsoon Season To Continue Bringing Dry and Hot Weather In January

The Northeast Monsoon season, where low-level winds blow from the north or northeast, has been going on for the first half of January and is expected to continue for the rest of the month.

This basically means that we will experience pretty fair weather on most days due to the presence of a dry air mass around Singapore. However, we can expect some relief from the occasional passing showers in the afternoon.

We may experience some windy conditions for this week, and there may be short thundershowers in the afternoons or evenings for one or two days. This is due to the meeting of winds with the sea breeze.

However, don’t expect too much rain! The overall rainfall for January is expected to be below average for most of Singapore.

Perhaps this is a good time to finally go on a hike? Just make sure to go in the mornings where there will be fewer chances of rain!

Furthermore, the daily temperature is predicted to range from 24 to 33 degrees Celsius. It may even reach 34 degrees Celsius on days with lighter winds, so you may want to keep your sweaters for the foreseeable future.

Started Off Cool, But Is Turning Warm

If you recall, Singapore had a pretty rainy first week of the year. There was continuous and moderate rainfall throughout the island between the early mornings and afternoons on 2 January.

With low-level winds blowing from the north or northeast, the lowest temperature recorded in the first 14 days of the year was 22.8 degrees Celsius at Clementi! A total of 101.2mm of rainfall was also recorded at Lower Peirce Reservoir.

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The second week of January took a turn to be pretty fair, with only brief periods of afternoon passing showers and the occasional windy days. The highest temperature recorded was 34.5 degrees Celsius, at Sentosa on 13 January.

Rainfall for the first half of January was below average for the island, except for northern and central Singapore that experienced above-average rainfall. The greatest difference of 82% above average was recorded at Ang Mo Kio, while the difference of 34% below average was recorded at Chai Chee.

Ang Mo Kio residents, how did it feel to have sweater weather while the rest of us were sweating?

Image: Meteorological Service Singapore

History VS The Present

Interested in looking back at temperatures and rainfall for January since 1929 and 1869 respectively? We got the statistics for you.

The historical highest monthly average of daily maximum temperature was 31.8 degrees Celsius, recorded in 1998 and 2016. This is about 1.2 degrees Celsius higher than the average daily maximum temperature of January from 1991 to 2020.

Meanwhile, the historical lowest monthly average of daily minimum temperature was 21.6 degrees Celsius, recorded in 1934! Compared to our long-term average daily minimum temperature of 24.3 degrees Celsius, Singapore has certainly grown warmer over the years.

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The highest monthly rainfall ever recorded was 818.6mm in 1893, and the lowest is a mere 15.4mm in 1997. Our average rainfall for January between 1991 to 2020 is 221.6mm, which is thankfully far from both records.

For updates of the daily weather forecast, you can visit the MSS website, or the NEA website. You can also download the myENV app to access the forecast on the go!

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Chloe Tan
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