Colder weekend for Baguio City as temperature dips to 9°C due to amihan
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines —The temperature in this city dropped to 9ºC, the coldest recorded so far this year.
According to authorities, the unusually low temperature, which was logged at 5 a.m., was caused by prevailing cold winds and seasonal weather patterns, bringing a noticeable chill, especially during the early morning hours.
Residents were advised to take precautions against the cold.
Early this week, the temperature lingered at 13°C, with the mercury dropping to 13.4°C on Tuesday and Thursday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its weather forecast.
Pagasa weather specialist Loriedin dela Cruz said that the northeast monsoon or amihan continues to prevail all over the country, bringing cold temperatures.
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Dela Cruz also said that amihan will also bring cloudy skies and light rains over Aurora, Quezon Province, Bicol Region, Samar, and Dinagat Islands. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon are forecast to experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of isolated rainshowers.
She added that light rains are expected over northern and eastern Samar while the rest of Visayas and Mindanao will see partly cloudy to cloudy skies with possible isolated rainshowers due to amihan.
The forecast temperatures of the following areas are:
- Baguio: 10°C to 22°C
- Laoag, Ilocos Norte: 20°C to 30°C
- Metro Manila: 20°C to 30°c
- Tagaytay: 19°C to 28°C
- Tuguegarao: 18°C to 28°C
- Legazpi: 23°C to 29°C
- Kalayaan Islands: 26°C to 30°C
- Puerto Princesa: 26°C to 32°C
- Iloilo: 25°C to 29°C
- Cebu: 25°C to 29°C
- Tacloban: 23°C to 29°C
- Cagayan de Oro: 25°C to 29°C
- Davao: 24°C to 31°C
- Zamboanga: 24°C to 33°C
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The weather specialist also said that a gale warning has been raised over the seaboards of Northern Luzon, eastern seaboards of Central and Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. /jpv
