The Philippine

Climate
The climate of the Philippines is
characterized by two seasons:
DRY AND RAINY OR WET SEASONS.
 TYPES OF CLIMATE IN THE
PHILIPPINES

PAGASA classifies the

Philippine climate into FOUR
TYPES.
1. TYPE I
The first type has two pronounced
seasons. Dry and wet. It is dry
from November to April and wet
during the rest of the year. The
maximum rain period is from June
to September when the southwest
monsoon is prevalent.
2.TYPE II
The second has pronounced
maximum rainy season and no
dry season. The maximum
monthly rainfall generally
occurs in December and
January.
 3.TYPE III
The third type of climate does not have
a pronounced maximum rain period,
while its dry season lasts for only one
to three months. This type is
intermediate between types | and ||
although it resembles type | more
closely in terms of seasonal months.
4.TYPE IV
The fourth type has an even
distribution of rainfall throughout
the year. This type is also
intermediate between types I and
II ,although it is more similar to
type II because of its dry season.
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN
THE PHILIPPINES
The two effects of climate change
that the Philippines had
experienced are the EL NIÑO and
LA NIÑA PHENOMENA. From
1997 to 1999, this phenomena
ravaged the country with droughts,
floods and heavy rains.
EL NIÑO PHENOMENON
 EL NIÑO is a Spanish term that means “ the
male child “. The phenomenon is the periodic
warming of waters in the Eastern Pacific . In
this phenomenon the trade winds stop blowing
or even rivers themselves and blow from the
other side of the ocean basin. When the trade
winds disappear, the cold upwelling ceases.
Blooms of brown and green phytoplanktons
dwindle and disappear. The schools of fish and
sea birds also disappear.
 LA NIÑA PHENOMENON
 EL NIÑO is followed by LA NIÑA, a Spanish term that
means “the female child”. It is a pool of cold water in the
Pacific that produces the opposite weather yield of EL
NIÑO. This means that is rains where it was dry and vice
versa. LA NIÑA brings about four major effects, namely,
flooding, soil erosion, storm surges, and strong winds.
PAGASA has recorded these effects as experienced in the
Philippines: increase in the atmospheric moisture level that
indicates cold weather; increase in sea surface temperature,
which hastens evaporation and heavy cloud formation; and
intense tropical cyclone activities, as shown typhoons Iliang
and Loleng , which damaged several areas in the country in
quick succession.