Tropical Singapore rugs up as temperatures drop


  • World
  • Monday, 15 Jan 2018

FILE PHOTO: People wait in the rain to watch the New Year fireworks at Marina Bay in Singapore December 31, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A dip in temperature in Singapore has prompted an unusual parade of fur jackets, scarves and other winter items in the streets of the perennially balmy city-state, as more northern parts of the globe shivered under Arctic conditions.

Temperatures fell to 21.4 degrees Celsius (70.5 degrees Fahrenheit) on Friday, according to the Meteorological Service Singapore, and continued in the low 20s over the weekend. On Sunday, it was 21.4C, the lowest since 2016.

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