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Malaysia is expected to see record-high temperatures next year as El Niño strengthens, its meteorological department told Reuters on Thursday (July 16).

Malaysia Meteorological Department Director-General Dr Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip said the agency forecasts El Niño to peak between March and May 2027, with maximum temperatures seen exceeding the local record of 40.1 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) that was set in Chuping, in northern Perlis state, in 1998.

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00:03starting from June the El Nino already comments so we expect this to enhance
00:11to the end of the year and that is what a lot of people concern because based on
00:18this model it could be a super El Nino coming so another significant thing that
00:27will happen based on our experience is very high temperature in Malaysia the highest
00:32temperature normally recorded between March until May that is the peak of our maximum
00:40temperature throughout the year so during this 97-98 we experienced the highest record ever
00:4940.1 we recorded in April early April in Chupeng so it's northern state so for this coming
00:57event El Nino so we expected the same thing to come meaning to say it's going to be very warm
01:04weather and between March and May or maybe up to June so based on this data we can expect
01:12it's going to be another big spike plus the climate change the global warming so most
01:19probably the 40.1 degrees Celsius will be yeah new record will be recorded this in this coming
01:27year between March and May based on what we observe the average temperature seems to be increased
01:380.7 degrees Celsius during the strong El Nino so we expect this 0.7 plus the global warming 0
01:48.0.19 degrees Celsius
01:51per decade it will definitely exceed the 40.1 that we recorded in 1998 in Chupeng
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