Meteorological Service Singapore

History

• 2013: MSS entered a new phase of R&D with the launch of The Centre for Climate Research Singapore
• 2002: MSS became part of the National Environment Agency under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
• 1993: The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre, hosted by MSS, was launched.
• 1981: When Changi Airport opened in 1981, the Forecast Office was relocated there followed by the MSS headquarters in 1983
• 1972: MSS began receiving real-time data from meteorological satellites in space
• 1969: Meteorological Service Singapore was established as a Department of the newly set up Ministry of Communications
• 1966: Singapore joined the World Meteorological Organisation, a specialised agency of the United Nations
• 1965: When Singapore achieved independence, the Meteorological Service in Singapore came under the then Deputy Prime Minister’s Office
• 1953: The Upper Air Observatory was established to make upper air observations using balloon-borne radiosondes
• 1948: The first weather radar in Singapore, able to detect rain clouds up to 240 km away, was installed at Kallang Airport
• 1937: A full scale meteorological service was established with the setting up of a Forecast Office at Kallang Airport
• 1931: Headquarters of the Malayan Meteorological Service was transferred from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore
• 1930: The Meteorological Branch was constituted as the Malayan Meteorological Service, serving British Malaya including Singapore
• 1929: First full-scale meteorological station was set up at Mount Faber. Start of Singapore’s temperature records.
• 1927: A Meteorological Branch was formally established within the Malayan Survey Department
• 1869: Start of Singapore’s rainfall records.

  Department

• Centre for Climate Research Singapore. CCRS does tropical climate and weather research focusing on the Southeast Asia region.
• Meteorological Systems Department. MSD provides support for meteorological equipment, computer systems and key installations in order to meet MSS's operational and technical requirements.
• Risk and Resource Department. RRD analyses risks and assesses their impact from the corporate/organisational angle as well as those pertaining to environmental /natural hazards.
• Weather Services Department. WSD provides weather forecasts, warnings, monitoring and assessment. It provides such information to critical sectors like the civil aviation, military, maritime, private/public agencies and the general public.