Summer has become uncomfortable for residents here, with temperatures rising to close to 30 degrees Celsius in the last two weeks, just as lowland provinces experience even hotter temperatures at 40 degrees Celsius.
The temperature in Metro Manila soared to a new high in 2013, hitting 35.5 degrees Celsius in the afternoon of Tuesday and would likely go higher, the state weather bureau said.
The temperature in Metro Manila soared to 35.4 degrees Celsius Friday afternoon, the hottest for this year, the state weather bureau said.
Central Luzon provinces are expected to experience hotter temperatures in 2020, a government hydrologist told village leaders on Friday, citing projections by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.
There was zero visibility on Mount Pulag in Benguet on Thursday but the state weather bureau could not confirm if the temperature had indeed dropped to zero degree Celsius on the mountain as reported by some news outlets.
A crippling heat wave that has held large swathes of the United States hostage gave way slightly on Sunday – but not before leaving dozens dead in several states, officials and local media said.
Temperature in Manila reached 36.6 degrees Celsius this afternoon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.
Even the sizzling temperatures could be scaring away the Butanding in Donsol Bay, Sorsogon.
There was still no respite from the scorching heat for Metro Manilans on Saturday. The temperature dipped to 36.1 degrees Celsius at around 3 p.m., from a high of 36.4 degrees Celsius on Friday, at the Science Garden in Quezon City.
April is turning out to be, like the poet T.S. Eliot said, the cruelest month, as summer temperatures continue to sizzle and soar.
Temperatures in Metro Manila are hitting the mid-30s, and if you find that too hot for you, blame it on the fast urbanization of the metropolis.
Earth Day is celebrated today in Cebu city amid soaring summer temperatures, a bicycle tour and a second bush fire in the Buhisan watershed. The weather bureau recorded 33.2 degrees Celsius yesterday, making it the hottest day of the summer, according to weather analyst Boy Artiaga of the Mactan office of Pagasa. Artiaga said the [...]
It’s sizzling hot in this Nueva Ecija city these days but the worst is yet to come, a weather bureau official said.
