S’pore temperature dips to 22 deg C amid heavy rain, Bukit Timah flash floods
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Members of a PUB quick response team seen at King’s Road in Bukit Timah at about 5.40pm on Sept 22. It was among areas affected by flash floods.
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- Singapore's temperature dropped to 22 deg C on Sept 22 amid heavy rain causing flash floods in Bukit Timah, affecting King's Road and Coronation Road.
- The national water agency PUB issued multiple flash flood risk alerts throughout the afternoon, advising the public to avoid several areas including Gul Circle and Punggol Way.
- The National Environment Agency forecasted heavy rain from early afternoon to evening, with the Met Service expecting more showers in late September than earlier in the month.
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SINGAPORE – The mercury fell to a low of 22 deg C in central Singapore on the evening of Sept 22 amid islandwide downpours that triggered flash floods in two areas in Bukit Timah.
The temperature dip was recorded at the Scotts Road weather station at 5.35pm, according to data on the Meteorological Service Singapore’s website.
In posts on social media platform X at about 5.10pm, national water agency PUB said the following areas in Bukit Timah were affected by flash floods:
King’s Road, from Prince Road to Lutheran Road
Coronation Road, from Prince Road to Bukit Timah Road
The flash floods subsided in both areas later that day, said PUB.
The national water agency also issued several other flash flood risk alerts amid heavy downpour in the afternoon, with the public advised to avoid the following areas for an hour:
From 4.41pm: Junction of Gul Circle and Gul Avenue
From 4.43pm: Junction of Craig Road and Tanjong Pagar Road
From 4.46pm: Watten Drive
From 4.47pm: King’s Road, from Prince Road to Lutheran Road
From 4.52pm: Hillcrest Road (Watten Rise to Dunearn Road)
From 4.54pm: Cluny Park Road from Jalan Kembang Melati to Bukit Timah Road
From 4.55pm: Junction of Commonwealth Lane and Commonwealth Drive
From 4.58pm: Junction of Queen’s Road and Lutheran Road
From 5.03pm: Coronation Road
From 5.08pm: Punggol Way (slip road to TPE)
Earlier, the National Environment Agency had warned that heavy rain was expected over many areas of Singapore from 1.30pm to 3pm, and later extended the warning, saying it would last from 4.30pm to 6.30pm.
Singapore’s lowest temperature so far in 2026 was 20.1 deg C, recorded at the Newton weather station on June 12, after heavy downpours ended a long stretch of warm weather linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon.
In its fortnightly weather forecast on Sept 16, the Met Service said more showers are expected in the second half of September compared with the first.