WEATHER PATTERNS

IN THE PHILIPPINES

WEEK 3
LAYERS OF THE ATMOS
PHERE
 Weather and Climate
• WEATHER refers to the
condition of a place in a short
period of time.
• CLIMATE is an average
condition of a place over long
period of time.
 Weather and Climate
WEATHER CLIMATE
Sunny Wet
Cloudy Dry
Windy
Rainy
Stormy
 SEASONS
IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Dry, Rainy and Cool Season
Season or Climate
• The Philippine climate is warm
and humid, it is considered as
one of the world’s healthiest
tropical climates.
• There are two pronounced
seasons – wet and dry.
1. WET SEASON
• Wet season is characterized
by pronounced rainy season
with thunderstorms .
• Wet seasons starts at June
and peaks in July to
September.
Philippines during Wet Season
WET SEASON
• Daytime temperature ranges
from 30-36 degrees Celsius.
• Night temperature ranges from.
21-28 degrees Celsius
• The air is hot and humid ,
which brings heavy rains and
typhoon.
Philippines during Wet Season
 WET SEASON
• During the wettest month, rain
is almost in daily occurrence.
• Precipitation (rainfall) is
highest in the area where
Southwest Monsoon
(Habagat) strikes.
Philippines during Wet Season
 WET SEASON
• During rainy season it is
advisable to carry an umbrella
especially in the late afternoon.
• In this season, farmers are
able to plant crops.
Philippines during Wet Season
 WET SEASON
• HABAGAT
2. DRY SEASON
 2. DRY SEASON

• Dry season is characterized by

hot and cloudless days.
• Between January and May
the climate is usually dry
with occasional rain showers.
The Philippine Dry Season
The Philippine Dry Season
2. DRY SEASON
• During January and February,
the air is cold and dry.
• The peak of the Dry Season is
in April with less or no rain
shower throughout the
month.
The Philippine Dry Season
The Philippine Dry Season
2. DRY SEASON
• The Dry Season is influenced by
the Seasonal Wind and the
Northeast Monsoon (Amihan
).
• The Northeast breeze from
Siberia and Northern China is
cool and dry, it brings cold winds
and cloudless days.
The Philippine Dry Season
2. DRY SEASON
• Daytime temperature ranges
from 25-32 degrees Celsius.
• Night temperature is 22
degrees Celsius.
• During dry season, from March to
June temperature can reach up
to 32 degrees Celsius.
The Amount of Rainfall
FACTORS AFFECTING
SEASONS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
1. Location of the Philippines
2. Prevailing Winds
1. Location of the Philippines

• The Philippines is located above

the Equator (Tropical
Region).
• Being near the equator, the
Philippines receive the vertical
rays of sunlight.
• Much heat causes water to
evaporate and fall as rain later on.
The Light Rays of the Sun
2. Prevailing Winds
• Seasons in the Philippines are
influenced by the prevailing
winds.
• A Prevailing Wind blows mostly
from a single direction.
Amihan, Habagat and Easterlies
 2. Prevailing Winds
• The Prevailing winds in the
Philippines:
– Southwest Monsoon
(Habagat)
– Northeast Monsoon (Amihan)
– Easterlies (Trade Winds)
 Prevailing Winds
• The Southwest Monsoon
blows from May to October.

• The Northeast Monsoon

blows from November to
early May.
The Four Climate
Types in the
Philippines
Type I Climate
Type II Climate
Type III Climate
Type IV Climate
Climate Map of
the Philippines

Philippine
Climate is further
classified into
four types shown
in the map in
four different
colors.
 Type 1 Climate
• Pronounced Rainy and Dry
season.
• Occidental Mindoro, Negros,
Palawan, Southern Iloilo
 Type II Climate
• Wet Climate all year round.
• From November to April there is
a heavy rainfall and light rainfall
on the rest of the months.
• There is no pronounced dry
season.
• Ex: Eastern Mindanao, Eastern
side of the Philippines.
 Type III Climate
• Short Dry Season and a Rainy
season that is not very
pronounced.
• It has no maximum rain period.
• Ex: Masbate, Romblon,
Northeastern Panay
 Type IV Climate
• Lack of Dry Season and Rainfall.

• Ex: Batanes, Central,

Marinduque and Southern
Mindanao.
Philippine Climate
FACTORS AFFECTING
THE WEATHER
PATTERNS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
1. Air Masses
• An air mass is a large body of
air that has characteristics similar
to the region of the Earth’s
surface where it come from.
• The location of the air mass
where it is developed determines
its characteristics.
2. Fronts
• A front is a boundary between
two air masses of different
densities, moisture or
temperature.
• There are four types of fronts-
cold, warm, occluded and
stationary.
 Warm Front
• A warm front is the boundary
along a warm air mass,
pushing out a cold air mass.
• When a warm front moves
forward, clouds in the sky bring
steady rain.
WARM warm air advances and gently moves over cold
FRONTS air- causes rain showers
 Cold Front
• A cold front is the boundary
along the leading edge of a
cold air mass pushing out a
warm air mass.
• When cold air mass moves, it
pushes and lifts the warm air
mass.
 cold air pushes warm air up violently- Causes
COLD FRONTS severe weather.
 Occluded Front
• An Occluded Front is formed
when a cold air mass moves
toward each other with warm
air between them.
• The colder air pushes warm air
upward, clouds develop and a
steady rain is experienced.
Occluded Front
 Stationary Front
• A Stationary Front occurs
when a boundary between air
masses stops moving. The
stationary front may remain in
the same place for several days.
• The place will experience light
wind and rain.
Stationary Front
3. Prevailing Winds
• Prevailing winds blow mostly
in one direction.
• The Prevailing winds in the
Philippines are the Southwest
Monsoon (Habagat) and the
Northeast Monsoon
(Amihan).
 Amihan

Habagat