The days have been hot, and it’ll just get hotter in the coming week. After an absolute scorcher at Seletar last week — the hottest daily maximum temperature in a decade — Tuesday was noted to be the hottest day on record.
According to Meteorological Service Singapore, the average daily temperature shot up to a record high of 30.6°C on Apr 19, surpassing the highest ever recorded daily mean temperature of 30.2°C on June 22 last year. Temperatures rose as high as 36°C at Choa Chu Kang on Tuesday, just a smudge short of the one recorded at Seletar last Wednesday.
Yesterday however provided a brief respite from the heat as thundery showers hit the island — and more can be expected scattered around the rest of this withering month.
“Despite the current warm conditions, the temperature in Singapore is not likely to reach 40°C (as experienced recently in northern Peninsular Malaysia), due to the moderating effect of our surrounding seas on the temperature,” said Meteorological Service Singapore.
