2024 one of the hottest years, rainfall also higher than average, says Singapore's Met Service

The year 2024 marked the fourth straight year Singapore’s mean temperature over a decade reached a new high. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singaporeans experienced one of the hottest years in recent times in 2024, when temperatures hit an annual mean of 28.4 deg C, the weatherman said.

It tied with 2019 and 2016 as the warmest years in Singapore on record, the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) said in a statement on Jan 10.