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The year 2024 marked the fourth straight year Singapore’s mean temperature over a decade reached a new high. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
It was a wetter year as well, with annual total rainfall averaging 2,739.8mm – which is 8.1 per cent above the long-term average of 2,534.3mm, and the 12th highest since 1980.Also, 2024 was the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5 deg C above pre-industrial times, scientists said on Jan 10.
To prevent more severe climate disasters, governments promised under the 2015 Paris Agreement to try to prevent average temperatures from exceeding 1.5 deg C. El Nino can result in South-east Asia, including Singapore, experiencing hotter and drier weather due to changes in sea surface temperatures and surface winds over the tropical Pacific Ocean. A similar weather phenomenon, La Nina, brings wetter and cooler conditions.
The monthly mean temperatures in 2024 also exceeded the long-term average in all the months except January.
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