At noon, temperatures in the west of Singapore drop to 23.5°C.

So far, October 14 has been a rather cold day in Singapore.

Cool weather was brought on by rain that began to fall on different regions of the island at midnight on Monday.

However, not the entire nation has experienced the cooling phenomena.

Colder on the west side

Just after midday, the west side of Singapore had temperatures of almost 23.5°C, which was more than 1.5°C colder than the east.

At Changi, the temperature was at 25.1°C.

Rainfall was higher in the west.

Over a 12-hour period starting at midnight, the larger amount of rainfall on the western side of the island corresponds with the lower temperatures in the west.

Over the course of 12 hours since midnight, the Kent Ridge and Buona Vista regions received about 143.8 mm of rain.

Rainfall totaled 127.6 mm in Ulu Pandan.

With 73.6 mm of rain falling over 12 hours, Simei had the most precipitation in the east.

The weather in the east and west, however, improved around 1:20 pm.