It’s Sizzling hot in the Philippines
PAGASA has confirmed that the country in not having a heat wave. Temperature must be consistently between 37 to 38 degrees Celsius for it to be considered as one. A day with a 36 degrees temperature is normal especially during the month of May. According to the head of PAGASA, Nathaniel Cruz, they could only declare a heat wave when temperature is two or three degrees higher than the 34 degrees for five consecutive days. One of the reasons for the higher temperature nowadays is due to the summer solstice.
From May 12 to 16, the temperature has been from 36.1 to 37.2 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature recorded in Metro Manila was 37.3 degree Celsius and that was last April 28. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has said that the El Niño phenomenon is weakening and it is possible that rainy season would come by the last week of May or the first week of June.
This summer has to be hottest in the Philippines. How I wish time could fly since the scorching heat is really becoming an inconvenient. I am not really of a fan of the rainy season because of what has happened last year with Typhoon Ondoy (International name Ketsana) but if it is an escape to this unbearable heat, then I welcome the rainy season with both arms wide open.
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