The seasonal sweater weather has arrived in Baguio City as residents woke up to a chilly weather after the temperature dropped to 10.2 degrees Celsius recorded at 5 a.m. on Friday (Feb. 17) by the state weather bureau. (Photo by Valerie Damian)
BAGUIO CITY 鈥� The city experienced its coldest morning this year after the temperature dropped to 10 degrees Celsius on Friday, Feb. 17, the state weather bureau said.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said they recorded the low temperature at 5 a.m.
It was the coldest temperature that the city experienced during this 鈥渁mihan鈥� or northeast monsoon season.
The cold creeps in during Yuletide, but the city鈥檚 mercury normally drops between 10 and 12 degrees during February, when Baguio stages its Panagbenga Flower Festival.
Friday鈥檚 morning temperature still lingered at 10.2 掳C by 8 a.m., Pagasa said.
The average temperature before and during Valentine鈥檚 Day week teetered between 14掳C and 15掳C. INQ
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