Masbate climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Masbate?

Masbate has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,856 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Masbate between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2024, reaching 34.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Masbate?

The coldest day measured in Masbate between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1961, at 21.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Masbate?

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

Q: Has the climate of Masbate warmed?

Yes: Masbate warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Masbate?

The wettest day measured in Masbate between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1993, with 228 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Masbate?

The windiest day measured in Masbate between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1967, with winds reaching 80.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Masbate?

The warmest month in Masbate is May (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Masbate?

Masbate receives on average 1,856 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 248 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Masbate?

Masbate gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Masbate (Philippines) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,856 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 (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Masbate averages 0 frost days, 146 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 248 rainy days per year.

Masbate has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 23 May 2024) and the coldest 21.8 °C (on 19 January 1961).

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

MasbateBicol Region

coords: 12.37°, 123.62°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

27.3°C

Average daily high

29.4°C

Average daily low

25.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,856mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

18.3km/h

Seasonal range

2.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

146 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

248 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.7 °C

Average feels-like low

29.1 °C

Average peak gust

33.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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

34.6 °C

23 May 2024

Coldest day

21.8 °C

19 January 1961

Wettest day

228 mm

27 December 1993

Windiest day

80.8 km/h

3 November 1967

Strongest gust

155.9 km/h

3 November 1967

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

8 June 2010

Coldest feels-like

18.4 °C

4 November 1967

Sunniest day

12.6 h

28 May 1976

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.3 °C2 June 2025	24.6 °C1 February 2025	28.1 °C	3,013 mm	230
2024	34.6 °C23 May 2024	24.4 °C27 January 2024	28.5 °C	2,560 mm	278
2023	32.8 °C14 May 2023	23.3 °C17 February 2023	28.2 °C	2,298 mm	235
2022	32.8 °C12 May 2022	23.9 °C11 January 2022	27.9 °C	2,593 mm	218
2021	32.8 °C29 May 2021	23.8 °C10 February 2021	28.0 °C	2,388 mm	217
2020	33.8 °C10 May 2020	24.6 °C4 February 2020	28.3 °C	2,443 mm	248
2019	33.2 °C13 May 2019	23.2 °C26 February 2019	28.1 °C	1,745 mm	243
2018	32.9 °C4 June 2018	24.3 °C10 February 2018	28.0 °C	2,249 mm	222
2017	33.1 °C4 June 2017	23.9 °C10 April 2017	27.8 °C	2,646 mm	198
2016	33.7 °C1 May 2016	24.0 °C9 February 2016	28.2 °C	2,007 mm	236
2015	32.7 °C3 June 2015	23.6 °C19 January 2015	27.9 °C	1,543 mm	220
2014	32.9 °C7 May 2014	22.3 °C25 January 2014	27.7 °C	2,591 mm	191
2013	33.1 °C6 May 2013	24.1 °C21 January 2013	27.9 °C	2,351 mm	217
2012	32.6 °C21 June 2012	24.4 °C12 February 2012	27.9 °C	2,035 mm	207
2011	32.4 °C23 May 2011	23.5 °C2 February 2011	27.5 °C	2,558 mm	179
2010	34.2 °C25 May 2010	24.2 °C8 February 2010	28.1 °C	1,844 mm	245
2009	33.1 °C15 August 2009	22.9 °C16 January 2009	27.7 °C	2,094 mm	198
2008	32.6 °C3 June 2008	23.6 °C15 February 2008	27.6 °C	2,434 mm	215
2007	33.0 °C18 May 2007	23.9 °C5 February 2007	27.9 °C	1,747 mm	216
2006	32.8 °C31 May 2006	24.2 °C21 January 2006	27.9 °C	2,095 mm	232
2005	33.7 °C5 May 2005	23.6 °C19 January 2005	27.8 °C	1,656 mm	227
2004	33.0 °C23 April 2004	23.6 °C18 October 2004	27.7 °C	1,693 mm	199
2003	33.2 °C3 May 2003	23.5 °C25 February 2003	27.7 °C	1,636 mm	220
2002	33.4 °C10 June 2002	23.6 °C4 January 2002	27.7 °C	1,627 mm	231
2001	32.5 °C6 May 2001	23.7 °C29 December 2001	27.7 °C	2,019 mm	174
2000	33.1 °C2 May 2000	22.8 °C1 February 2000	27.6 °C	2,360 mm	184
1999	33.0 °C8 June 1999	23.0 °C24 December 1999	27.4 °C	2,115 mm	182
1998	33.9 °C23 April 1998	23.8 °C6 February 1998	28.2 °C	1,539 mm	301
1997	33.1 °C1 May 1997	22.3 °C24 February 1997	27.3 °C	1,337 mm	186
1996	32.8 °C11 May 1996	22.6 °C30 December 1996	27.2 °C	2,101 mm	179
1995	32.6 °C17 May 1995	22.9 °C12 March 1995	27.4 °C	2,029 mm	183
1994	32.8 °C13 April 1994	24.0 °C12 January 1994	27.6 °C	1,735 mm	154
1993	33.2 °C10 June 1993	22.8 °C14 March 1993	27.6 °C	1,732 mm	159
1992	32.7 °C26 April 1992	22.6 °C18 January 1992	27.4 °C	1,236 mm	141
1991	32.5 °C20 May 1991	22.8 °C27 January 1991	27.4 °C	1,289 mm	156
1990	33.1 °C19 April 1990	23.0 °C4 March 1990	27.6 °C	1,504 mm	158
1989	32.5 °C30 May 1989	23.4 °C30 January 1989	27.4 °C	1,829 mm	151
1988	32.5 °C1 September 1988	23.3 °C19 December 1988	27.8 °C	2,023 mm	183
1987	33.6 °C20 May 1987	22.3 °C6 February 1987	27.7 °C	1,765 mm	193
1986	32.3 °C9 May 1986	22.7 °C26 January 1986	27.3 °C	1,757 mm	141
1985	32.4 °C11 April 1985	22.9 °C17 December 1985	27.3 °C	1,683 mm	136
1984	32.3 °C10 May 1984	23.4 °C18 January 1984	27.2 °C	2,039 mm	116
1983	33.0 °C22 May 1983	22.9 °C11 February 1983	27.6 °C	1,567 mm	185
1982	32.6 °C18 June 1982	22.5 °C1 February 1982	27.0 °C	2,001 mm	119
1981	32.7 °C25 May 1981	22.1 °C20 January 1981	27.3 °C	1,747 mm	148
1980	32.9 °C30 May 1980	23.1 °C10 January 1980	27.3 °C	1,804 mm	135
1979	32.8 °C27 March 1979	22.4 °C12 January 1979	27.4 °C	1,750 mm	169
1978	31.9 °C31 July 1978	22.5 °C5 February 1978	27.3 °C	2,177 mm	147
1977	32.9 °C4 May 1977	22.9 °C18 February 1977	27.3 °C	1,773 mm	136
1976	31.5 °C18 April 1976	21.9 °C5 February 1976	26.9 °C	2,261 mm	93
1975	32.9 °C15 April 1975	22.6 °C22 January 1975	27.1 °C	1,790 mm	151
1974	32.0 °C4 May 1974	22.2 °C13 February 1974	27.1 °C	1,800 mm	143
1973	33.0 °C19 May 1973	22.6 °C25 January 1973	27.4 °C	1,531 mm	171
1972	33.1 °C19 June 1972	21.9 °C12 March 1972	27.0 °C	1,759 mm	118
1971	31.5 °C27 April 1971	22.2 °C14 January 1971	26.8 °C	1,510 mm	84
1970	33.2 °C2 June 1970	23.6 °C6 January 1970	27.4 °C	1,580 mm	150
1969	32.7 °C15 May 1969	22.9 °C18 February 1969	27.4 °C	1,169 mm	180
1968	33.2 °C1 June 1968	22.0 °C21 February 1968	27.1 °C	990 mm	141
1967	32.6 °C19 May 1967	22.8 °C16 January 1967	26.9 °C	1,113 mm	102
1966	31.4 °C2 May 1966	23.4 °C7 January 1966	26.6 °C	1,320 mm	23
1965	29.9 °C10 May 1965	22.7 °C14 January 1965	26.0 °C	1,651 mm	0
1964	30.0 °C4 May 1964	23.1 °C31 December 1964	26.3 °C	1,646 mm	1
1963	32.2 °C25 May 1963	22.0 °C1 March 1963	26.7 °C	1,116 mm	110
1962	31.6 °C26 April 1962	22.0 °C4 February 1962	26.9 °C	1,290 mm	122
1961	32.3 °C10 May 1961	21.8 °C19 January 1961	27.0 °C	1,421 mm	99
1960	32.1 °C19 May 1960	23.5 °C7 December 1960	27.3 °C	1,542 mm	137
1959	32.6 °C7 June 1959	22.7 °C18 January 1959	27.1 °C	1,396 mm	132
1958	32.1 °C21 May 1958	22.9 °C14 February 1958	27.0 °C	1,657 mm	126
1957	32.4 °C16 May 1957	22.8 °C15 February 1957	27.0 °C	1,579 mm	107
1956	31.8 °C24 July 1956	22.5 °C2 January 1956	26.6 °C	2,280 mm	55
1955	32.0 °C11 May 1955	22.6 °C19 December 1955	26.9 °C	1,737 mm	137
1954	32.4 °C7 August 1954	22.9 °C6 February 1954	27.1 °C	1,900 mm	145
1953	32.6 °C14 May 1953	23.1 °C7 January 1953	27.2 °C	1,393 mm	128
1952	32.2 °C11 June 1952	23.4 °C28 January 1952	27.1 °C	1,947 mm	117
1951	32.2 °C11 September 1951	22.3 °C24 January 1951	26.9 °C	1,832 mm	98
1950	32.0 °C10 May 1950	22.9 °C10 December 1950	26.9 °C	1,271 mm	95
1949	32.0 °C6 September 1949	22.6 °C8 January 1949	26.7 °C	2,325 mm	78
1948	30.8 °C13 June 1948	22.3 °C18 January 1948	26.2 °C	1,662 mm	13
1947	30.7 °C31 May 1947	23.1 °C30 January 1947	26.4 °C	1,921 mm	13
1946	30.1 °C2 June 1946	23.5 °C6 March 1946	26.1 °C	2,459 mm	2
1945	30.4 °C24 May 1945	23.5 °C11 March 1945	26.3 °C	2,027 mm	5
1944	30.3 °C2 May 1944	22.1 °C6 March 1944	25.9 °C	2,319 mm	3
1943	29.2 °C14 June 1943	22.5 °C1 March 1943	25.6 °C	1,782 mm	0
1942	29.8 °C11 May 1942	23.0 °C6 December 1942	26.0 °C	1,939 mm	0
1941	30.4 °C5 May 1941	23.0 °C8 February 1941	26.3 °C	1,871 mm	7
1940	29.9 °C9 May 1940	22.2 °C24 February 1940	25.8 °C	2,089 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

30.3 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

230 d/yr

+84

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3013 mm

+1157 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.0 °C	+1.2 °C	198 mm	+114 mm
Feb	29.2 °C	+1.0 °C	130 mm	+77 mm
Mar	29.8 °C	+0.5 °C	137 mm	+86 mm
Apr	31.6 °C	+1.1 °C	41 mm	-17 mm
May	31.4 °C	+0.6 °C	203 mm	+75 mm
Jun	30.8 °C	+0.5 °C	397 mm	+183 mm
Jul	30.7 °C	+0.9 °C	318 mm	+51 mm
Aug	30.5 °C	+0.7 °C	422 mm	+195 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	+0.4 °C	455 mm	+205 mm
Oct	30.6 °C	+1.1 °C	329 mm	+102 mm
Nov	30.3 °C	+1.2 °C	273 mm	+120 mm
Dec	29.7 °C	+1.4 °C	112 mm	-33 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.3 °C

2 Jun 2025

Coldest day

24.6 °C

1 Feb 2025

Wettest day

126.6 mm

26 Sep 2025

Windiest day

58.5 km/h

9 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

103.7 km/h

9 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.0 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.2 °C

9 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

3 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Masbate?

Masbate has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,856 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Masbate?

The hottest day measured in Masbate between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2024, reaching 34.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Masbate?

The coldest day measured in Masbate between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1961, at 21.8 °C.

Does it snow in Masbate?

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

Has the climate of Masbate warmed?

Yes: Masbate warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Masbate?

The wettest day measured in Masbate between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1993, with 228 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Masbate?

The windiest day measured in Masbate between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1967, with winds reaching 80.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Masbate?

The warmest month in Masbate is May (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Masbate?

Masbate receives on average 1,856 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 248 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Masbate?

Masbate gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Masbate?

Yes: Masbate has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Masbate?

In Masbate, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 8 June 2010, and the lowest was 18.4 °C on 4 November 1967.

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