Baguio heralds Amihan season with 13.4C temperature

Bring out your jackets and sweaters, because Amihan season is here!

On Monday, Baguio City clocked in a nippy 13.4C, the coldest yet this Amihan season, PAGASA said. Quezon City meanwhile dropped to a cool 22.4C.

While both cities measured slightly higher temperatures at 2am on Tuesday — Baguio at 15.6C, QC at 23.8C — PAGASA said we can expect temperatures to go down as Amihan season peaks in January and February.

On Unang Balita Tuesday, GMA weather guy Anjo Pertierra said the lowest temperature ever recorded in the country was 6.3C in Baguio last January 18, 1961. 

According to Marine Conservation Philippines, Amihan is the wind that comes from the North and roughly lasts between October to March on any given year.

Air passes through the regions of Earth with a lot of ice before gliding into the Philippines to serve nice and nippy jacket weather. 

With climate change and global warming threatening to melt the world's cryosphere ecosystems — the parts of the world abundant with ice, snow, and glaciers, — our beloved Amihan season is also at risk. 

Luckily, there are plenty of things we can do. We can choose to carpool with our friends, take public transport or bike and walk, instead of driving our own cars. We can choose to order just enough food, share, or enjoy leftovers instead of throwing food away and contributing to food waste. 

We can also choose to switch off our air conditioners during Amihan season, to conserve electricity and burn less fossil fuels. It is our severe dependence on fossil fuels after all that's been causing climate change after all.

— LA, GMA Integrated News