Expect warmer days, chillier nights due to climate change
The Straits Times|September 29, 2022
S'pore investing in R&D, boosting forecasting capabilities to tackle extreme weather effects
Cheryl Tan
Expect warmer days, chillier nights due to climate change

Singapore could soon experience warmer days and chillier nights, as extreme weather events become more serious and frequent due to climate change.

The country is investing heavily in research and development, and strengthening its weather forecasting capabilities to deal with the long-term impacts of changing weather, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Wednesday.

The agency's Integrated Sustainability Report for Financial Year 2021 - which provides an account of its corporate, financial and sustainability performance noted that the hottest day between January and July 2022 was April 1, with a sweltering 36.8 deg C recorded in Admiralty.

That was the second-highest temperature on record here after the all-time high of 37 deg C recorded in Tengah on April 17, 1983.

The coldest night so far in 2022 was on Feb 20, when the temperature dropped to 20.4 deg C in Jurong West.

The lowest temperature ever recorded here was 19.4 deg C on Jan 30 and 31 in 1934.

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