Cold spell descends on Baguio

BAGUIO CITY — From a "normal" temperature of 14.2 degrees Celsius only last Nov. 17, the annual Christmas cold spell again descended on this mountain city the following day, with the minimum temperature recorded at 13 degrees Celsius.

Weather forecaster Efren Aquino said the temperature further dropped to 12.4 degrees Celsius last Monday. The week’s coldest day so far was Tuesday at 11.4 degrees.

Aquino said they expect the temperature to go down further by December, with this season’s coldest possibly rivaling the previous one which was recorded at 10.6 degrees Celsius on Feb. 16 this year.

The coldest temperature ever recorded in modern-day Baguio was 6.3 degrees Celsius in 1961. — Aurora Alambra, Artemio Dumlao