Laoag climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Laoag?

Laoag has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 1,971 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Laoag?

The hottest day measured in Laoag between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 2008, reaching 33.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Laoag?

The coldest day measured in Laoag between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1963, at 18.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Laoag?

Almost never: Laoag sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Laoag warmed?

Yes: Laoag warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Laoag?

The wettest day measured in Laoag between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1987, with 449 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Laoag?

The windiest day measured in Laoag between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2001, with winds reaching 100.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Laoag?

The warmest month in Laoag is May (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Laoag?

Laoag receives on average 1,971 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Laoag?

Laoag gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Laoag (Philippines) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 1,971 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is May (28.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Laoag averages 0 frost days, 67 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.

Laoag has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 22 June 2008) and the coldest 18.7 °C (on 28 February 1963).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

LaoagIlocos

coords: 18.20°, 120.60°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.7°C

Average daily high

28.5°C

Average daily low

25.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,971mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

21.5km/h

Seasonal range

3.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

67 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

142 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.8 °C

Average feels-like low

28.1 °C

Average peak gust

36.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

33.5 °C

22 June 2008

Coldest day

18.7 °C

28 February 1963

Wettest day

449 mm

24 October 1987

Windiest day

100.7 km/h

5 July 2001

Strongest gust

175.0 km/h

5 July 2001

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

25 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

13.8 °C

5 March 1977

Sunniest day

12.7 h

29 June 1970

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.0 °C27 September 2025	21.9 °C29 January 2025	27.5 °C	2,900 mm	117
2024	32.5 °C3 July 2024	22.0 °C25 January 2024	27.8 °C	2,696 mm	148
2023	32.2 °C6 November 2023	21.3 °C28 January 2023	27.6 °C	2,537 mm	151
2022	32.5 °C29 April 2022	21.1 °C26 December 2022	27.7 °C	1,777 mm	144
2021	33.0 °C2 June 2021	21.0 °C19 February 2021	27.5 °C	1,741 mm	140
2020	32.7 °C15 September 2020	21.2 °C31 January 2020	27.6 °C	1,422 mm	142
2019	32.1 °C2 June 2019	21.7 °C30 January 2019	27.3 °C	2,568 mm	81
2018	32.3 °C29 May 2018	20.7 °C6 February 2018	27.3 °C	2,828 mm	98
2017	32.6 °C13 September 2017	21.2 °C12 February 2017	27.5 °C	1,675 mm	128
2016	32.4 °C4 May 2016	20.9 °C25 January 2016	27.4 °C	2,797 mm	125
2015	31.7 °C4 June 2015	21.1 °C26 January 2015	27.2 °C	2,339 mm	125
2014	32.5 °C24 May 2014	19.8 °C25 January 2014	27.1 °C	1,797 mm	109
2013	32.0 °C8 May 2013	21.6 °C19 January 2013	27.4 °C	1,996 mm	121
2012	31.8 °C12 May 2012	22.3 °C22 January 2012	27.3 °C	2,223 mm	90
2011	32.5 °C8 June 2011	20.9 °C17 January 2011	26.9 °C	2,596 mm	78
2010	33.1 °C14 July 2010	21.0 °C14 January 2010	27.4 °C	1,967 mm	133
2009	32.1 °C24 June 2009	19.5 °C15 January 2009	27.0 °C	2,489 mm	69
2008	33.5 °C22 June 2008	21.6 °C10 February 2008	27.2 °C	2,288 mm	111
2007	32.4 °C26 April 2007	20.4 °C3 February 2007	27.2 °C	1,636 mm	106
2006	33.0 °C11 May 2006	22.1 °C8 January 2006	27.3 °C	1,709 mm	108
2005	32.6 °C20 May 2005	20.3 °C16 January 2005	26.9 °C	1,592 mm	87
2004	32.3 °C17 May 2004	21.2 °C23 December 2004	26.7 °C	2,003 mm	54
2003	32.8 °C18 July 2003	21.3 °C30 January 2003	26.9 °C	2,006 mm	86
2002	31.9 °C4 May 2002	20.7 °C10 January 2002	27.1 °C	2,285 mm	102
2001	32.0 °C25 October 2001	21.2 °C26 December 2001	27.0 °C	2,541 mm	73
2000	31.9 °C7 April 2000	20.9 °C29 January 2000	27.1 °C	1,933 mm	87
1999	32.1 °C28 March 1999	20.1 °C23 December 1999	27.0 °C	1,988 mm	64
1998	32.5 °C12 October 1998	22.0 °C4 January 1998	27.6 °C	2,007 mm	160
1997	31.2 °C17 October 1997	21.1 °C10 January 1997	26.6 °C	1,394 mm	37
1996	32.0 °C9 June 1996	19.3 °C11 February 1996	26.8 °C	1,947 mm	89
1995	32.1 °C3 June 1995	20.1 °C6 February 1995	26.7 °C	2,284 mm	73
1994	31.5 °C19 May 1994	21.8 °C23 January 1994	26.8 °C	2,398 mm	38
1993	32.6 °C9 July 1993	19.8 °C28 January 1993	26.8 °C	1,615 mm	90
1992	32.3 °C25 June 1992	20.4 °C15 January 1992	26.6 °C	1,915 mm	38
1991	33.1 °C10 July 1991	21.8 °C24 February 1991	26.8 °C	2,711 mm	75
1990	32.1 °C15 May 1990	21.6 °C25 January 1990	27.0 °C	2,544 mm	72
1989	32.4 °C15 May 1989	20.4 °C10 March 1989	26.7 °C	2,187 mm	75
1988	32.7 °C12 May 1988	21.1 °C18 December 1988	27.2 °C	2,217 mm	104
1987	32.5 °C13 August 1987	19.4 °C14 January 1987	27.0 °C	1,793 mm	104
1986	31.1 °C7 April 1986	19.6 °C3 March 1986	26.4 °C	2,470 mm	32
1985	32.6 °C17 May 1985	20.7 °C16 December 1985	26.5 °C	2,857 mm	43
1984	31.7 °C21 September 1984	20.5 °C2 January 1984	26.5 °C	1,961 mm	46
1983	32.6 °C23 June 1983	21.2 °C23 January 1983	26.8 °C	1,145 mm	94
1982	31.8 °C22 August 1982	20.4 °C21 January 1982	26.6 °C	1,685 mm	50
1981	32.2 °C1 July 1981	19.6 °C21 January 1981	26.5 °C	2,347 mm	56
1980	32.5 °C24 June 1980	19.8 °C25 December 1980	26.9 °C	1,795 mm	75
1979	31.9 °C17 April 1979	21.0 °C17 December 1979	26.6 °C	1,723 mm	83
1978	31.8 °C12 May 1978	20.0 °C18 February 1978	26.6 °C	2,450 mm	61
1977	31.9 °C15 July 1977	18.7 °C5 March 1977	26.5 °C	1,973 mm	64
1976	31.4 °C13 May 1976	20.4 °C12 January 1976	26.3 °C	1,851 mm	40
1975	31.7 °C15 April 1975	19.7 °C30 December 1975	26.7 °C	1,624 mm	77
1974	31.9 °C15 May 1974	19.9 °C10 February 1974	26.4 °C	2,415 mm	40
1973	31.8 °C2 June 1973	19.1 °C25 December 1973	27.0 °C	1,635 mm	90
1972	31.8 °C4 November 1972	19.5 °C4 March 1972	26.4 °C	2,587 mm	55
1971	32.7 °C27 May 1971	19.7 °C6 February 1971	26.2 °C	1,685 mm	30
1970	32.1 °C29 June 1970	19.7 °C1 February 1970	26.8 °C	1,982 mm	80
1969	31.1 °C22 September 1969	20.1 °C6 February 1969	26.6 °C	2,102 mm	50
1968	31.5 °C15 June 1968	19.9 °C15 February 1968	26.2 °C	1,863 mm	55
1967	31.1 °C15 July 1967	18.8 °C16 January 1967	26.1 °C	1,560 mm	22
1966	32.1 °C16 May 1966	22.1 °C1 January 1966	26.6 °C	1,260 mm	30
1965	30.8 °C31 August 1965	20.1 °C8 January 1965	26.2 °C	1,013 mm	17
1964	31.2 °C30 June 1964	21.3 °C8 February 1964	26.3 °C	1,630 mm	29
1963	31.0 °C26 June 1963	18.7 °C28 February 1963	25.9 °C	1,763 mm	24
1962	31.0 °C16 May 1962	19.3 °C3 February 1962	26.3 °C	1,523 mm	33
1961	32.1 °C13 May 1961	19.3 °C20 January 1961	26.3 °C	1,884 mm	31
1960	31.7 °C1 July 1960	20.7 °C31 December 1960	26.8 °C	1,401 mm	59
1959	32.1 °C11 May 1959	19.9 °C17 January 1959	26.6 °C	1,031 mm	51
1958	32.0 °C29 April 1958	20.3 °C14 February 1958	26.4 °C	2,215 mm	44
1957	31.4 °C26 May 1957	20.3 °C14 February 1957	26.4 °C	2,173 mm	40
1956	31.5 °C9 April 1956	20.8 °C9 January 1956	26.3 °C	2,174 mm	31
1955	31.9 °C5 October 1955	19.1 °C22 February 1955	26.5 °C	1,265 mm	50
1954	32.7 °C4 May 1954	21.7 °C17 December 1954	26.8 °C	1,335 mm	78
1953	32.0 °C15 June 1953	21.6 °C4 January 1953	26.8 °C	1,340 mm	55
1952	31.9 °C3 July 1952	21.4 °C20 January 1952	26.9 °C	1,337 mm	54
1951	31.8 °C6 May 1951	21.2 °C16 December 1951	26.7 °C	1,484 mm	29
1950	31.8 °C21 May 1950	21.2 °C11 December 1950	26.4 °C	1,920 mm	25
1949	31.6 °C2 May 1949	19.9 °C17 January 1949	26.6 °C	1,906 mm	47
1948	30.9 °C5 May 1948	19.8 °C17 January 1948	26.0 °C	1,954 mm	9
1947	31.1 °C19 June 1947	20.8 °C30 December 1947	26.2 °C	1,495 mm	10
1946	31.3 °C27 March 1946	20.1 °C3 February 1946	26.2 °C	2,562 mm	14
1945	30.6 °C29 June 1945	20.4 °C17 January 1945	26.2 °C	1,243 mm	5
1944	30.8 °C30 September 1944	20.4 °C7 January 1944	25.8 °C	2,955 mm	11
1943	29.2 °C4 October 1943	19.4 °C13 January 1943	25.2 °C	1,950 mm	0
1942	30.2 °C2 April 1942	20.4 °C6 December 1942	26.0 °C	1,371 mm	4
1941	30.9 °C16 May 1941	19.4 °C5 February 1941	26.1 °C	2,239 mm	7
1940	29.9 °C27 October 1940	19.7 °C25 January 1940	25.6 °C	2,077 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.1 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

117 d/yr

+50

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2901 mm

+930 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.0 °C	+0.5 °C	35 mm	+23 mm
Feb	27.7 °C	+0.8 °C	9 mm	+2 mm
Mar	28.7 °C	+0.6 °C	8 mm	+1 mm
Apr	29.9 °C	+0.5 °C	5 mm	-19 mm
May	30.8 °C	+0.9 °C	235 mm	+76 mm
Jun	30.0 °C	+0.5 °C	358 mm	+14 mm
Jul	28.5 °C	-0.5 °C	1153 mm	+739 mm
Aug	29.6 °C	+1.0 °C	252 mm	-202 mm
Sep	29.7 °C	+0.8 °C	559 mm	+231 mm
Oct	30.4 °C	+1.3 °C	96 mm	-30 mm
Nov	28.8 °C	+0.4 °C	161 mm	+95 mm
Dec	28.0 °C	+0.9 °C	29 mm	-0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.0 °C

27 Sep 2025

Coldest day

21.9 °C

29 Jan 2025

Wettest day

208.7 mm

22 Sep 2025

Windiest day

69.5 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

127.4 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

27 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.2 °C

29 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

20 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Laoag?

Laoag has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 1,971 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Laoag?

The hottest day measured in Laoag between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 2008, reaching 33.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Laoag?

The coldest day measured in Laoag between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1963, at 18.7 °C.

Does it snow in Laoag?

Almost never: Laoag sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Laoag warmed?

Yes: Laoag warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Laoag?

The wettest day measured in Laoag between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1987, with 449 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Laoag?

The windiest day measured in Laoag between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2001, with winds reaching 100.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Laoag?

The warmest month in Laoag is May (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Laoag?

Laoag receives on average 1,971 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Laoag?

Laoag gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Laoag?

Yes: Laoag has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Laoag?

In Laoag, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 25 May 2024, and the lowest was 13.8 °C on 5 March 1977.

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