Dept: It’s not as hot as it was in Perlis in 1998


PETALING JAYA: Malaysians may feel like the mercury has risen to record levels this year but that appears not to be the case, accor­ding to the Malaysian Meteorological Department.

A MetMalaysia spokesman said the current daily maximum temperatures had not surpassed the 40.1°C recorded in Chuping, Perlis, on April 1, 1998, during the last El Nino.

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