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Environment

Rainfall - Monthly Highest Daily Total

Data from Jan 1982 to Feb 2026

Last updated: 06 Mar 2026, 18:18 SGT

NEA (National Environment Agency)

Highest daily total rainfall (in mm) for each month at the Changi Climate Station. Unit of measure for readings is mm.

Maximum rainfall in a day by Month

Data explorer

RainfallMonthlyHighestDailyTotal.csv (530 rows, 7.2 KB)

Month Month (YYYY-MM)	Maximum Rainfall In A Day Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
1982-01	36.5
1982-02	9.4
1982-03	61.7
1982-04	45.1
1982-05	33
1982-06	20.6
1982-07	17.2
1982-08	57.7
1982-09	18
1982-10	10

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Month	month	Month (YYYY-MM)	-	-
Maximum Rainfall In A Day	maximum_rainfall_in_a_day	Text	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_53ffdaa97e48ce934cf92799d381f3b1"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

National Environment Agency. (2015). Rainfall - Monthly Highest Daily Total (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 6, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_53ffdaa97e48ce934cf92799d381f3b1/view

About this dataset

Contact

ONG_Chin_Hong@nea.gov.sg

Created on

21 May 2015

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

NEA (National Environment Agency)