Here comes the sun: Less rain, more warm days in second half of July
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Daily maximum temperatures are likely to reach slightly above 34 deg C on some days.
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SINGAPORE – Expect less rain and more warm days for the rest of July, said the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS).
Daily maximum temperatures are likely to reach slightly above 34 deg C on some days, with warm and humid conditions on a few nights, particularly over the southern and eastern parts of the island, MSS said in its fortnightly update on July 16.
Minimum night-time temperatures would hover around 28 deg C, it added.
The second half of July is expected to be drier than the first half of the month, with short, thundery showers over parts of the island in the late morning and afternoon only on some days.
There may also be widespread thundery showers and gusty winds before dawn and in the morning on one or two days because of Sumatra squalls
MSS said that in the first half of July, there were localised, short and thundery showers over parts of the island on most days.
This was because of south-west monsoon conditions, which prevailed over Singapore and the surrounding region, with winds blowing mostly from the south-east or south-west.
On July 9, the regional convergence of winds brought moderate to heavy thundery showers over many areas of Singapore in the morning.
The daily total rainfall of 87.6mm recorded at Sentosa that day was the highest rainfall recorded for the first fortnight of July 2025, MSS added.
During that period, the daily maximum temperature was above 34 deg C on two days, with the highest temperature of 34.2 deg C recorded at Pulau Ubin on July 6.
There were also a few warm nights when the night-time minimum temperature was above 28 deg C, mainly over the southern and eastern parts of Singapore.
Most parts of the island experienced below-average rainfall during that period, MSS said.
“The area around Clementi registered rainfall of 102 per cent above average, and the area around Jurong Pier registered rainfall of 36 per cent below average,” it added.
