Singapore hits highest temperature recorded since 1983 in April
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AsiaOne has launched EarthOne, a new section dedicated to environmental issues — because we love the planet and we believe science. Find articles like this there. SINGAPORE - Weeks of sweltering heat in Singapore saw the mercury race past 34 deg C severaSingapore hits highest temperature recorded since 1983 in April
AsiaOne has launched EarthOne, a new section dedicated to environmental issues — because we love the planet and we believe science. Find articles like this there. SINGAPORE - Weeks of sweltering heat in Singapore saw the mercury race past 34 deg C several times in the past six weeks, and hit the second-highest temperature on record last month. On April 1, it peaked at 36.8 deg C in Admiralty, just 0.2 deg C shy of the all-time high recorded in Tengah on April 17, 1983. Weather experts say the Republic is not in the grips of a heatwave, adding that the temperatures seen are also not outside the norm. But it will get hotter for Singapore and the rest of the world, with climate change making its presence felt. Typically, the months of April and May are warmer for the country owing to inter-monsoon conditions, which are characterised by strong heating from the sun and light variable winds, National Environment Agency's Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) told The Straits Times. Read more