Rainy weather eases, slight increase in temperatures forecasted in next few days

SINGAPORE ― Enjoy the short-lived bout of cool weather while it lasts, as temperatures may creep up in the coming days.

In an update posted on the Meteorological Service Singapore’s (MSS) website on Sunday (Jan 14) afternoon, it noted that the rainy weather has eased in the morning with a “gradual weakening” of the monsoon surge in the South China Sea.

“For the rest of today (Sunday), it is forecast to be cloudy with occasional light rain in the afternoon,” said the MSS.

“For the next few days, the lowest temperature is expected to range between 23°C and 24°C.”

Meanwhile, the National Environment Agency (NEA) issued an advisory on Sunday at 2pm forecasting that occasional light rain will clear in the late afternoon.

As of 3pm on Sunday, the highest temperature of 25.4°C was recorded at Tuas South.

Early on Sunday morning, Admiralty and Jurong West recorded a temperature of 21.2°C, the lowest temperature recorded so far this year and since 2016. The lowest temperatures recorded at other locations ranged from 21.3°C to 22.2°C. 

"Over these past few days of rainy weather from a monsoon surge, the highest temperature recorded was 26.4°C at Jurong Island on 11 Jan, and the highest daily total rainfall was 47.0mm at Loyang on 13 Jan," said the NEA in a Facebook post on late Sunday afternoon. "This rainfall is not considered high for a monsoon surge event; in the last five years, the highest daily total rainfall from a monsoon surge in January was 134.8mm (at Changi) in 2013."

The Republic has experienced a period of cool and wet weather since the beginning of the year.

On Monday, intense flash floods affected several areas in the eastern parts of Singapore causing mayhem on the roads as flood waters gushed from overwhelmed drainage systems.

Two people were also sent to hospital after a tree fell on them in Toa Payoh while at one housing block in Tampines, rainwater cascaded like a “waterfall” in a lift.