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Synopsis
Excerpt from The Philippine Islands: Their Industrial and Commercial Possibilities; The Country and the People
Rain - Distribution of rainfall (mean of seventeen years) per month is as follows: January, mm.; February, mm.; March, mm.; April, 171 mm.; May, mm.; June, mm.; July, mm.; August, mm.; September, mm.; October, 344 mm.; November, mm.; December, mm.; total, mm.
There is no dry season in Legaspi and the maximum amount of rain falls in December and the minimum in May. Rains of April and May are generally caused by thunder storms and occasionally by cyclones. Rains from June to September are caused by electric and cyclonic storms. Rains from September to March are due to air currents from the Pacific.
Cloudiness. - Cloudiness follows closely the distribution of rain as per the following average monthly record: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December, Maximum cloudiness in December, minimum in April. Larger percentage of clouds from September to March due to prevalence of northeasterly and easterly currents. Clearest sky in April.
Humidity - The average variation of the relative humid ity per month is taken from hourly observations during the years 1908 - 1913: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December, Percentage of humidity corresponds to rainfall. Largest in December and November, lowest in April and May. Range of humidity rather small during the year on account of the even distribution of rain. Mean maximum percentage 98 per cent, and the mean of the mini mum 56 per cent. Therefore, the mean range of the average extremes of humidity is 42 per cent. The greatest amount of relative humidity recorded in Legaspi in eleven years is100 in December, 1910, and the lowest is 43 per cent in August, 1908.
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