Temperature in Baguio City on Tuesday morning dropped to a record-low of 10.8⁰ Celsius for this year, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
In an interview, Pagasa weather forecaster Lori de la Cruz said the temperature in the country’s summer capital was recorded at 10.8⁰ Celsius at 5 a.m. on Tuesday.
This was the lowest for this month as compared to Monday’s temperature of 11.5⁰C. De la Cruz explained that strong winds of the northeast monsoon (amihan) contributed to the dip in temperature reading, adding that cold weather is still expected to prevail in most parts of Luzon, including Metro Manila until mid-February.
According to Pagasa’s climatological record, Baguio’s coldest temperature ever recorded was at 6.3⁰C on January 18, 1961.
Meanwhile, de la Cruz said at 5 a.m. on Tuesday,the temperature in Metro Manila was recorded at 23.3⁰C.