Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1898 — Temperature at Manila. [ARTICLE]

Temperature at Manila.

It} the Century there is an article on “Knotty Problems of the Philippines,” by Prof. Dean C. Worcester, of the University of Michigan. Prof. Worcester says: Manila Is the only place where reliable temperature records have been kept; and while no one place can be taken as representative of the whole archipelago, the results obtained at the capital are not without interest. J The average temperature for January is 77 degrees, for February 78 degrees, for March 81 degrees, for April 83 degrees, for May 84 degrees, for June 82 degrees, for July 81 degrees, for August 81 degrees, for September 79 degrees, and for December 77 degrees. The average daily temperature for the year at Manila is 80 degrees. It will be noted that the lowest average temperature occurs in December and January, and is 77 degrees. The “delightful season in the auutrnn, when the atmosphere is clear and dry, and the temperature ranges from about 67 degrees to 75 degrees F.,” has not as yet been discovered by the scientists at the Jesuit observatory. The lowest temperature during the year is 60 degrees, and the highest 100 degrees. There is no month in which the thermometer does not rise as high as 91 degrees. When it is remembered that the air is charged with moisture much of the time, it will be realized that the climate of Manila leaves some things to bo desired.