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Temperature's rising - Expect little respite from the heat
Temperatures set to climb as May and June are traditionally the hottest months here
By Diana Othman


Those who feel that the weather in Singapore has gotten hotter lately are not imagining it, as the weatherman says days of higher than average temperatures, less rainfall and consecutive dry days can be expected from May 1 to 15 - the second hottest month this year.-- ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG

IF THE weather has been sweltering lately, it is because May is on record as the second-hottest month of the year here.

The fortnightly weather forecast by the National Environment Agency (NEA) indicates that up till the middle of this month, higher-than-average daily temperatures can be expected.

There will be little relief from rain, and winds will be too light to cool things down.

To top it off, a slight haze is also expected on some days between now and May 15.

In the first five days of this month, the mercury hit 34.1 deg C at its highest.

The average daily temperature for those five days was 29.3 deg C, slightly higher than the average daily temperature of 28.3 deg C in May in past years.

Expect temperatures to climb still higher - perhaps to 38 deg C - heading into June, traditionally the hottest month here.

Associate Professor Matthias Roth from the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore listed factors such as lower-than-usual humidity, dryness of the air and clearer skies for pushing temperatures up.

He explained: 'Humidity actually absorbs heat from the sun's radiation. It has been less humid lately and, together with clearer skies, more intense sunlight is shining down on us.'

The NEA also noted that April and May were 'inter-monsoonal months' - the period between the end of the December-to-March north-east monsoon and the start of the south-west monsoon, which prevails from June to September.

April and May are marked by relatively strong solar heating and light, variable winds, it added.

Although widespread thundery showers will fall between now and mid-May, they will be brief squalls that bring little respite.

Several people The Straits Times spoke to have been taking measures to keep cool in the last week or two.

Insurance agent Jessie Tan, 49, had the air-conditioners in the three bedrooms of her Jurong home cleaned to optimise the cooling effect.

'All along I felt that the air-conditioners made the rooms cool enough but, lately, I don't feel the cool air as strongly,' she said.

Although her 14th-floor condominium unit is usually windy, the breezes seem to have died down.

'My daughter wants me to switch on the aircon every day now,' she said.

Over in Bedok Reservoir, 67-year-old retiree Larry Chong usually throws open the windows and turns on the fan.

But that has not seemed enough lately, so the air-conditioners have come on more often.

'If I don't, my house will feel like an oven,' he said.

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Sto...ry_234706.html

guantanamera

hot lor we being discuss in the little thread tt i post u may wan go take a look =D

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Huaikong

the ahpek sleep there not hot meh?haha......

IcedWine

Its global warming ... imagine now already so warm ... maybe in 2020 Singapore will be like 40 degrees celcius?!

Voodoo Vince

But the weather like going crazy. Going to rain soon.

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n_o_r_i_k_o

uh?! still goin hotter aR??
omg~~ X_X
chao ta le la~~~

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shingshing

heatwave~~~

hooolahoop

gonna be like india soon... weather so hot until the radio deejay can say "good morning india, to a cooling day of 42 degree celcius"...

we already screaming hot and chao-ta, this and that, at 36 degree celcius, yet they can say 42 degree celcius is cooling.... what has the world become

n_o_r_i_k_o

o_O cooling at 42 dc~~
waa~~ if singapore hit 42 degrees...
i dunno how many ppl die of heat stroke le~~ =X

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Voodoo Vince

If that happen, then I will be melting.

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candykisses

I will be one of those dead from heatstroke bah =.=

This is getting crazy, as if the weather is not hot enough alr

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