Singapore Set for Heavy Downpours With Another Monsoon Surge

Remember to have your umbrellas and raincoats in hand because heavy downpours are expected from March 19 to 21 as the year's third monsoon surge arrives.

- Shabana Begum

This may offer some respite from the recent hotter weather as temperatures could dip to around 22 deg C amid periods of moderate to heavy showers over Singapore, said the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) in its fortnightly weather outlook on March 17.

Beyond March 21, daily temperatures may range between 24 deg C and 34 deg C on most days, it added.

For the rest of the fortnight, short-duration thundery showers are forecast in the afternoon on most days. Overall, rainfall for the second half of March 2025 is expected to be above average over most parts of the island, said MSS, which is under the National Environment Agency.

In the first half of March 2025, the daily highest temperatures were between 28.2 deg C and 35.1 deg C, said MSS in its fortnightly report.

There were six days when the daily maximum temperature reached 34 deg C or more. The mercury hit 35.1 deg C in Newton on March 4.