KUALA LUMPUR: The current hot spell is expected to last throughout the month with thunderstorms expected in April with the start of the one month inter monsoon season.
“The heat typically lifts as thunderstorms occurring in the afternoons will be common then,” said a Metreological Department Expert here today.
He also said the wet and rainy north-east monsoon season ending this month was marked by general dry spells from January to March due to the intense effects of El Nino.
“Rainfall dipped from 20 and 60 per cent while there was a general 0.5 degrees Celsius to 2.0 degrees Celsius rise in average temperatures,” he said, adding that the effects would neutralise come June.
Chuping, Perlis recorded the hottest temperature nationwide for three days from March 7 to March 10 at a scorching 38 degrees Celsius.
Lubok Merbau, Perak held the record for the hottest day in January and February with a reading of 37 degrees Celsius.