FILE PHOTO: Clouds, appearing like fluffy cotton candy, blow through the morning skies in Baguio City where temperatures dropped to its lowest at 10.6 degrees Celsius on the last day of 2021. The summer capital’s cold weather is what most tourists crave. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/KIMBERLIE QUITASOL
MANILA, Philippines — It will be a cool Christmas Day for certain parts of the country, based on a temperature outlook released by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Wednesday.
This Sunday, December 25, Baguio City’s temperature will range from 13 degrees Celsius to 22 degrees Celsius while Rizal will have it at around 18 degrees Celsius to 23 degrees Celsius during the day and 19 degrees Celsius to 22 degrees Celsius in the evening.
Metro Manila will experience a climate as low as 23 degrees Celsius on Christmas Day – specifically, around 22 degrees Celsius to 31 degrees Celsius during the daytime and 23 degrees Celsius to 29 degrees Celsius by evening.
A five-day temperature advisory for Luzon areas issued at 8 a.m. Wednesday showed predicted conditions in Metro Manila and the region’s provinces on Christmas Day:
- Metro Manila: 22 to 31 degrees Celsius during the day | 23 to 31 degrees Celsius at night
- Tarlac: 20 to 33 degrees Celsius during the day | 21 to 30 degrees Celsius at night
- Nueva Ecija: 22 to 31 degrees Celsius during the day | 23 to 30 degrees Celsius at night
- Zambales: 24 to 30 degrees Celsius during the day | 25 to 28 degrees Celsius at night
- Bataan: 20 to 29 degrees Celsius during the day | 22 to 26 degrees Celsius at night
- Pampanga: 22 to 32 degrees Celsius during the day | 23 to 30 degrees Celsius at night
- Bulacan: 22 to 31 degrees Celsius during the day | 21 to 29 degrees Celsius at night
- Cavite: 20 to 31 degrees Celsius during the day | 21 to 29 degrees Celsius at night
- Laguna: 22 to 30 degrees Celsius during the day | 23 to 28 degrees Celsius at night
- Batangas: 22 to 29 degrees Celsius during the day | 23 to 28 degrees Celsius at night
- Rizal: 18 to 23 degrees Celsius during the day | 19 to 22 degrees Celsius at night
- Quezon: 21 to 27 degrees Celsius during the day | 22 to 27 degrees Celsius at night
Temperature outlook from Pagasa
In a five-day temperature forecast released at 4 a.m. Wednesday, Pagasa enumerated the following key cities and areas nationwide and their likely temperatures on Christmas Day:
- Metro Manila: 23 to 29 degrees Celsius
- Baguio City: 13 to 22 degrees Celsius
- Cagayan de Oro City: 24 to 30 degrees Celsius
- Iloilo City: 25 to 30 degrees Celsius
- Kalayaan Islands: 24 to 32 degrees Celsius
- Laoag City: 22 to 30 degrees Celsius
- Legazpi City: 24 to 26 degrees Celsius
- Lipa City: 23 to 29 degrees Celsius
- Metro Cebu: 24 to 29 degrees Celsius
- Metro Davao: 24 to 29 degrees Celsius
- Puerto Princesa City: 24 to 31 degrees Celsius
- Tacloban City: 23 to 29 degrees Celsius
- Tagaytay City: 19 to 28 degrees Celsius
- Tuguegarao: 19 to 26 degrees Celsius
- Olongapo / Clark Zone (Angeles City): 22 to 32 degrees Celsius
- Valencia City: 19 to 29 degrees Celsius
- Zamboanga City: 24 to 32 degrees Celsius
Temperature forecast from Pagasa
Pagasa weather specialist Patrick del Mundo told INQUIRER in a phone interview that the northeast monsoon, which is locally known as amihan, may have a surge of winds beginning this week. Thus, he noted, temperatures may even get colder than predicted.
The northeast monsoon is described as the cool and dry wind coming from Siberia and China that blows down to Southeast Asia, which includes the Philippines.
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