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Ana Liza Solis, spokesperson and assistant weather services chief of Pagasa. —File photo from from RTV Malacañang
MANILA, Philippines — The country may expect a “below average” number of typhoons in 2025, according to Ana Liza Solis, spokesperson and assistant weather services chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
At a Palace briefing on Monday, Solis said six to 13 typhoons are expected from March to August.
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“And if we look at it for the whole year, we are predicting around 16 to 19 typhoons this year, which is below average,” Solis said in Filipino.
Asked why a below-average number of typhoons are expected for this year, Solis explained:
“What we are looking at is based on climatological regular or average. There is a La Niña alert, but we are moving toward an ENSO [El Niño-Southern Oscillation]-neutral condition. Usually, when we have an ENSO-neutral condition, the average number of typhoons is around 19 to 20,” she said.
She added that, considering the number of typhoons per year in the past 65 years, there was a downtrend based on the average number of typhoons if there was no El Niño and La Niña.
Solis also said a less intense dry season might be experienced this year compared to last year.
However, May could have temperatures ranging from 39.6 to 39.8°C.
