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Outline
1. Define climate, weather, humidity, precipitation, and typhoon
2. Enumerate and discuss major types of climate
3. Discuss Philippine climate
Climate is the description of the long-term
pattern of weather in a particular area.
Precipitation
the surface of the Earth.
Typhoon
atmospheric pressure. Like all low pressure
weather systems observed North of the
Equator, the air rotates around the center of an
area of low pressure in an anti-clockwise
direction (clockwise if South of the Equator).
The more intense the area of low pressure the
higher the wind speeds near the center. A
Typhoon is a low pressure weather system
with sustained wind speeds near its center of
at least 56 knots (about 105 kph).
Major Types
of Climate ●
●
Tropical (Megathermal) Climate
Dry (Arid and Semiarid) Climate
● Temperate (Mesothermal) Climate
Based on Köppen Climate ● Polar and Alpine (Montane) Climate
Classification
found in a nearly unbroken belt around the
Earth at low latitudes,mostly within 15°N and S
Semiarid) Climate
mainly found in the 15–30° latitude belt in both
hemispheres.
The coolest months fall in January with a mean temperature of 25.5oC while the warmest month occurs
in May with a mean temperature of 28.3oC.
-Latitude is an insignificant factor in the variation of temperature while altitude shows greater contrast
in temperature.
-Thus, the mean annual temperature of Baguio with an elevation of 1,500 meters is 18.3oC. This makes
the temperature of Baguio comparable with those in the temperate climate and because of this, it is
known as the summer capital of the Philippines.
Humidity
-Humidity refers to the moisture content of the atmosphere.
-Due to high temperature and the surrounding bodies of water, the Philippines has a high relative
humidity. The average monthly relative humidity varies between 71 percent in March and 85 percent in
September.
-The combination of warm temperature and high relative and absolute humidities give rise to high
sensible temperature throughout the archipelago. It is especially uncomfortable during March to May,
when temperature and humidity attain their maximum levels.
Rainfall
-Rainfall is the most important climatic element in the Philippines.
-Rainfall distribution throughout the country varies from one region to another, depending upon the
direction of the moisture-bearing winds and the location of the mountain systems. The mean annual
rainfall of the Philippines varies from 965 to 4,064 millimeters annually.
-Baguio City, eastern Samar, and eastern Surigao receive the greatest amount of rainfall while the
southern portion of Cotabato receives the least amount of rain. At General Santos City in Cotabato, the
average annual rainfall is only 978 millimeters.
(1) the Rainy season, from June
to November
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