Warm Weather Will Persist in the Rest of June 2021 With Temperature Up to 35°C

It’s June.

More specifically, it’s the Southwest Monsoon Season.

That means it’s going to be rainy and more cooling than usual!

Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

In fact, it’s quite the opposite, with warm and humid weather being expected instead.

Warm and Humid Weather with Some Showers for the Rest of June 

On Wednesday (16 June), the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) released their weather forecasts for the rest of June.

In short, it’s gonna be hot.

This is Singapore, what’s new?

“The warm and humid conditions in the first half of June 2021 are forecast to continue for the rest of the month,” the report says.

According to the MSS forecast, daily temperatures in Singapore are predicted to range between 25°C and 34°C on most days for the second half of June. On days where there is little or no rain, the daily temperature could reach a maximum of around 35°C.

It’s even going to be hot during the night—the one time of the day where Singaporeans could hope to get a reprieve from the sweltering heat.

It is forecasted that “warm and humid conditions can also be expected on some nights”. This is to be expected when “prevailing winds from the southeast or south blow warm and humid air from the sea,” says the forecast.

On these nights, night-time temperatures are expected to only reach a minimum of 28°C—according to the forecast, this is especially so for south-eastern parts of Singapore.

Am I the only one who misses those days 2 to 3 years back when night-time temperatures would fall to around 21°C? Good times.

On some days in the next two weeks, it is forecasted that a mass of dry air from the Indian Ocean will move over the Southeast Asia region. Of course, said mass of dry air also means that “fair and warm” weather is to be expected in not just Singapore, but the surrounding region too.

That being said, it still is monsoon season after all—what’s monsoon season without a little bit of rain?

For the next two weeks, “localised short-duration thundery showers” are expected over parts of the island on some days, particularly in the late morning and early afternoon. This is due to the strong daytime heating of land areas.

On one or two days, “widespread thundery showers with gusty winds” are expected between the pre-dawn hours and morning. We have the Sumatra squalls to thank for that—it’s basically a line of thunderstorms that usually forms over Sumatra or the Malacca Straits at night, and moves towards Singapore.

“Overall, the rainfall for June 2021 is expected to be below normal over some parts of Singapore,” states the forecast report.

Reviewing the First Half of June 

According to the MSS review, the first half of June was—you guessed it—warm.

In the first two weeks of June, there were nine days where the daily maximum temperature was above 34°C. The highest daily maximum temperature was recorded at Marina Barrage on 4 June, with a temperature of 35.5°C.

If anyone coincidentally chose to have a picnic at Marina Barrage on the same day, my condolences.

There were also a few warm nights where the minimum night-time temperatures ranged between 28°C and 29.2°C, particularly over the southern parts of the island.

Much like the prediction for the second half of June, rainfall was below average for most parts of Singapore in the first half of June. This was with the exception of north-western parts of Singapore, where rainfall was above average.

The highest rainfall anomaly of 138% above average was recorded at Choa Chu Kang, while the lowest rainfall anomaly of 61% below average was recorded at Sentosa.

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