Disaster scientist and Project NOAH Head Mahar Lagmay on Saturday, 6 April 2013 announced via Twitter the highest recorded temperature in the Philippines. 40.1 deg Celsius was recorded from Diffun, Quirino, a province in Northern Luzon.
"Heto ang temp record sa Quirino kaninang 2:45pm, 40.1 deg C!", Lagmay said.
The scientist also informed that the new record beats the 39.5 deg C monitored on 1912. The 1969 record of 42.2 deg C in Tuguegarao, Cagayan is still the hottest in Philippine weather history.
According to PAGASA, 35.4 degrees Celsius is the hottest temperature for Metro Manila this year recorded on Friday, 5 April 2013 at 2pm.
In Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, the warmest temperature was recorded at 37.5 degrees Celsius, and in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, it reached 36.5 degrees Celsius.
Manny Mendoza of PAGASA advised the public to brace for hotter weather in the coming days as the easterlies - warm wind from the Pacific Ocean - peak.
The temperature for Metro Manila could reach 37 deg Celsius this summer.
To help us identify the affected areas of extreme temperature this summer, project NOAH official page shows temperature contour map.
In the latest bulletin released this day, tail-end of a cold front is affecting Extreme Northern Luzon. and strong to gale force wind is expected to affect the Northern and Eastern seaboards.
PAGASA said that there is no tropical cyclone development within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
"Heto ang temp record sa Quirino kaninang 2:45pm, 40.1 deg C!", Lagmay said.
@jojomalig heto ang temp record sa Quirino kaninang 2:45 pm,40.1 deg C ! twitter.com/nababaha/statu… twitter.com/nababaha/statu…
— Mahar Lagmay (@nababaha) April 6, 2013
The scientist also informed that the new record beats the 39.5 deg C monitored on 1912. The 1969 record of 42.2 deg C in Tuguegarao, Cagayan is still the hottest in Philippine weather history.
According to PAGASA, 35.4 degrees Celsius is the hottest temperature for Metro Manila this year recorded on Friday, 5 April 2013 at 2pm.
In Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, the warmest temperature was recorded at 37.5 degrees Celsius, and in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, it reached 36.5 degrees Celsius.
Manny Mendoza of PAGASA advised the public to brace for hotter weather in the coming days as the easterlies - warm wind from the Pacific Ocean - peak.
The temperature for Metro Manila could reach 37 deg Celsius this summer.
To help us identify the affected areas of extreme temperature this summer, project NOAH official page shows temperature contour map.
Temperature contour map of the Philippines as of Apr 07, 2013 06:04 PM. twitter.com/nababaha/statu…
— Mahar Lagmay (@nababaha) April 7, 2013
In the latest bulletin released this day, tail-end of a cold front is affecting Extreme Northern Luzon. and strong to gale force wind is expected to affect the Northern and Eastern seaboards.
PAGASA said that there is no tropical cyclone development within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
