PAGASA says dry season, not 'summer' is coming soonMANILA, Philippines — The country is seen to officially enter the dry season in the coming days with the northeast monsoon or the "amihan" likely to be over by end of the week, state weather bureau PAGASA said Tuesday. "[The] prevailing weather condition in the country signifies the eventual coming of the warm and dry season," she said, adding that the number of dry and warm days will gradually increase in the next days. Instead, the Philippines has only two: the wet (June to November) and the dry (December to May) season. In PAGASA's website, it said that the latter is also subdivided into two, or the cool dry season from December to February, and the hot dry season, which persists from March to May. The agency said too that the Philippines' climate is tropical and maritime, and is the same "in many respects to the climate" of countries in Central America.

Source: Philippine Star March 23, 2021 10:07 UTC