February 2010 was driest month
Sunday, 28th February 2010
February 2010 was the driest month in 140 years, since 1869, when records of rainfall first started for Singapore. Only 6.3 millimetres of rain fell for the entire month of February 2010. The hotest day was on the 26th of the month where temperature reached 35 degrees Celsius. Climate researcher from the National University of Singapore the El Nino effect is expected to last till May 2010.