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2016 set to be hottest year in Singapore

2016 is likely the hottest year on record for Singapore due to effects of the extreme weather phenomenon El Nino.
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Singapore (VNA) – 2016 is likelythe hottest year on record for Singapore due to effects of the extreme weatherphenomenon El Nino.

The average temperature for the year recorded at the Changi climate station is 28.4Celcius degrees, up 0.1 from the current record of 28.3 Celcius  degreesset in 1997, 1998 and 2015, according a report of the Meteorological ServiceSingapore (MSS) on December 30.

According to MSS, temperatures soared in the first half of 2016 due to effectsof El Nino associated with the global warming of the Earth.  

The temperatures remained well above the average level for the rest of theyear. The year also saw January, April and August hit new highest monthlyrecords.

Scientists warned that 2016 had been on track to break the record for thehottest year ever on Earth. The main cause is the burning of fossil fuel, whichincreases pollution in atmosphere.-VNA 

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