Climate

The Philippines can be characterized as tropical climate with hot, humid months

and a rainy, wet season. The Philippine climate is classified into four types depending

on rainfall distribution and pattern (Figure 4.2). The four climate types are described as

follows:

figure 4.2 Climate map

 Type I Two pronounced seasons; dry from November to April and wet

during the rest of the year.

No dry season with very pronounced rainfall from November to April

Type II and wet during rest of the year.

Season not very pronounced; relatively dry from November to April

Type III and wet during the rest of the year.

Type IV Rainfall more or less evenly distributed throughout the year.

Climate data for Polangui, Albay

Ja Fe Ma Ap Ma Ju Au Se No De Yea
Month Jul Oct
n b r r y n g p v c r
27 28 29 31 31 30 29 29 29 29 29 28
29
Average high °C (°F) (81 (82 (84 (88 (88 (86 (84 (84 (84 (84 (84 (82
(84)
) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
22 22 22 23 25 25 25 25 25 24 23 23
24
Average low °C (°F) (72 (72 (72 (73 (77 (77 (77 (77 (77 (75 (73 (73
(75)
) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
1,57
55 36 45 42 114 184 245 224 238 171 130 94
Average precipitatio 8
(2. (1. (1. (1. (4. (7. (9. (8. (9. (6. (5. (3.
n mm (inches) (62.
2) 4) 8) 7) 5) 2) 6) 8) 4) 7) 1) 7)
1)
13. 11. 12. 21. 25. 28. 26. 26. 24. 19. 16.
Average rainy days 9.5 235
0 8 7 3 3 3 5 4 2 9 1

Climate has been described in rainfall distribution. Philippines has two season,

the wet and the dry season but Philippines is a tropical climate and rain can fall any day.

The climate of municipality of Polangui is classified as Type IV (Figure 4.2) which is

classified rainfall is more or less evenly distributed through year and some part of

Polangui was part of Type II no dry season with a very pronounced rainfall from

November to April and wet during rest of the year.

Tropical Cyclones

On average, 5 to 6 tropical cyclones blow over the area annually. The average

minimum temperature which usually occurs in January and February is about 24ºC

andthe average maximum temperature which usually occurs in May is about 31ºC.

Figure 4.3Tropical Cyclone Frequency

Albay Province has an average frequency of typhoon occurrence of one time per

year. The frequency itself is the country’s mean as shown in the table 4.1,but the
hazards associated with tropical depression like mud & debris flows, flashfloods and

strong winds have aggravated the disaster impacts on the area.

Province Tropical Tropical Typhoon Total

Depression Storm

Albay 10 9 23 42

Camarines Norte 5 11 9 25

Camarines Sur 9 14 26 49

Catanduanes 3 11 15 29

Masbate 5 13 28 46

Sorsogon 4 10 18 32

Country’s mean 6.8 12.7 23.6 43.1

Source: Disaster Preparedness Training Program for Local Government Units in

the Philippines

Table 4.1 Frequency of Tropical Typhoon Passage over Philippine

Provinces, 1948-1994 (47 years period)

Classification of Tropical Cyclones

Tropical depression: maximum winds blowing near the center do not exceed 63

kph.

Tropical storm: maximum winds blowing near the center have speed from 63

to118 kph.
 Typhoon: maximum winds blowing near the center have speed over 118 kph.

Type of Disaster Risk Type of Hazard Ranking

Climate Weather (Historical) Tyhoons 5th

Related (Projected) Rainfall 1st

Increase

Table 4.2 Disaster Risk Ranking of Albay