SINGAPORE – Bring along your umbrella when you head out as the rainy weather is expected to stay.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) said on Facebook that periods of showers, heavy at times, were expected to continue over Singapore on Saturday because of another monsoon surge.

In some places, the daily temperature could drop to between 21 deg C and 22 deg C, the NEA said. On Friday, rain continued to pelt the island, with the lowest temperature of 22.8 deg C recorded in Newton at 1.42pm, while the high hit only 26.1 deg C.

The Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) said on Wednesday that the downpour on Tuesday was heaviest over the eastern and southern parts of the island, with a daily total rainfall of 225.5mm in Kallang, making it the wettest February day on record.

This was due to a monsoon surge over the South China Sea, which saw every rainfall station on the island record more than 100mm of rain, and a dip in temperatures islandwide. The last time there was such a deluge in February was when 159.3mm of rainfall was recorded on Feb 4, 1995. Rainfall records here started in 1869.

On Wednesday morning, the central part of Singapore recorded temperatures as low as 21.1 deg C, while the mercury in other parts of the island ranged between 21.7 deg C and 23.1 deg C.

Although the second half of February was mainly dry, the Republic ended up experiencing well above average rainfall for the month, the weatherman said in a fortnightly update on Wednesday.

These conditions are set to continue into the first week of March, with thundery showers in the afternoon on most days, said MSS. The rain is expected to go on till the evening on some days.

The later part of March is likely to feature relatively drier weather, although on some days, localised short-duration thundery showers are expected in the late afternoon over parts of the island, said MSS.