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Environment

Surface Air Temperature - Monthly Mean

Data from Jan 1982 to Jan 2026

Last updated: 06 Feb 2026, 15:03 SGT

NEA (National Environment Agency)

Monthly mean temperature (in degree Celsius) at the Changi Climate Station. Unit of measure for readings is °C.

Mean temp by Month

Data explorer

SurfaceAirTemperatureMonthlyMean.csv (529 rows, 7.2 KB)

Month Month (YYYY-MM)	Mean Temp Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 27.35.7% 27.95.5% 28.35.1% 28.24.7%
1982-01	25.9
1982-02	27.1
1982-03	27.2
1982-04	27
1982-05	28
1982-06	28.4
1982-07	28.2
1982-08	27.7
1982-09	27.9
1982-10	27.4

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Month	month	Month (YYYY-MM)	-	-
Mean Temp	mean_temp	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_755290a24afe70c8f9e8bcbf9f251573"
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. (2016). Surface Air Temperature - Monthly Mean (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved February 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_755290a24afe70c8f9e8bcbf9f251573/view

About this dataset

Contact

ONG_Chin_Hong@nea.gov.sg

Created on

27 May 2016

Licence

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

Agency

NEA (National Environment Agency)