Virac climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Virac?

Virac has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.6 °C and it receives 2,176 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Virac between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1968, reaching 33.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Virac?

The coldest day measured in Virac between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1963, at 20.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Virac?

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

Q: Has the climate of Virac warmed?

Yes: Virac warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Virac?

The wettest day measured in Virac between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1942, with 327 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Virac?

The windiest day measured in Virac between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1942, with winds reaching 104.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Virac?

The warmest month in Virac is May (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Virac?

Virac receives on average 2,176 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 279 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Virac?

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

Virac (Philippines) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.6 °C and it receives 2,176 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 (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Virac averages 0 frost days, 69 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 279 rainy days per year.

Virac has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 3 September 1968) and the coldest 20.9 °C (on 1 March 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

ViracBicol Region

coords: 13.58°, 124.24°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthApril

Mean daily temperature

26.6°C

Average daily high

28.6°C

Average daily low

25.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,176mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

18.4km/h

Seasonal range

2.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

69 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

279 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.4 °C

Average feels-like low

28.4 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

3 September 1968

Coldest day

20.9 °C

1 March 1963

Wettest day

327 mm

20 November 1942

Windiest day

104.5 km/h

20 November 1942

Strongest gust

204.5 km/h

20 November 1942

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

22 August 1998

Coldest feels-like

12.9 °C

20 November 1942

Sunniest day

12.7 h

18 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.5 °C3 June 2025	23.8 °C5 February 2025	27.4 °C	3,844 mm	110
2024	32.4 °C23 May 2024	23.9 °C22 March 2024	27.7 °C	2,811 mm	172
2023	32.5 °C29 May 2023	23.5 °C17 February 2023	27.5 °C	2,740 mm	158
2022	31.5 °C4 September 2022	23.5 °C24 December 2022	27.1 °C	3,046 mm	92
2021	32.7 °C7 August 2021	23.3 °C10 February 2021	27.2 °C	2,963 mm	107
2020	32.2 °C5 September 2020	23.5 °C1 February 2020	27.4 °C	2,813 mm	131
2019	32.6 °C19 May 2019	22.4 °C26 February 2019	27.4 °C	2,276 mm	134
2018	31.8 °C23 August 2018	24.0 °C13 January 2018	27.2 °C	2,437 mm	113
2017	32.1 °C1 August 2017	23.1 °C15 February 2017	27.1 °C	3,111 mm	99
2016	32.4 °C3 September 2016	23.5 °C18 January 2016	27.3 °C	2,317 mm	129
2015	32.1 °C29 May 2015	22.4 °C8 February 2015	27.0 °C	1,787 mm	105
2014	32.3 °C13 August 2014	22.0 °C25 January 2014	27.0 °C	2,522 mm	109
2013	31.9 °C19 May 2013	23.5 °C21 January 2013	27.1 °C	2,532 mm	99
2012	31.9 °C27 August 2012	24.0 °C22 January 2012	27.1 °C	2,422 mm	84
2011	32.0 °C20 July 2011	23.2 °C7 April 2011	26.8 °C	3,460 mm	56
2010	33.0 °C25 May 2010	23.6 °C26 February 2010	27.3 °C	2,158 mm	124
2009	31.7 °C23 July 2009	23.0 °C11 January 2009	27.0 °C	2,476 mm	89
2008	31.1 °C9 August 2008	23.4 °C15 February 2008	26.8 °C	2,953 mm	61
2007	32.2 °C19 May 2007	23.4 °C29 January 2007	27.1 °C	2,195 mm	110
2006	32.1 °C10 June 2006	23.6 °C26 February 2006	27.1 °C	2,345 mm	104
2005	32.7 °C11 June 2005	22.2 °C17 January 2005	27.0 °C	1,913 mm	123
2004	31.9 °C30 August 2004	22.5 °C3 February 2004	26.9 °C	2,166 mm	93
2003	33.5 °C7 June 2003	22.9 °C12 March 2003	26.9 °C	1,694 mm	105
2002	32.4 °C16 July 2002	23.0 °C11 January 2002	27.0 °C	1,646 mm	117
2001	31.9 °C17 September 2001	23.1 °C28 December 2001	27.1 °C	2,290 mm	111
2000	31.2 °C14 June 2000	22.9 °C20 January 2000	26.8 °C	3,194 mm	76
1999	31.2 °C20 September 1999	22.8 °C14 February 1999	26.7 °C	3,021 mm	60
1998	32.4 °C18 June 1998	23.4 °C6 February 1998	27.3 °C	1,967 mm	138
1997	32.9 °C4 June 1997	21.9 °C25 January 1997	26.7 °C	1,376 mm	95
1996	31.4 °C7 August 1996	22.0 °C11 February 1996	26.6 °C	2,845 mm	74
1995	31.4 °C18 May 1995	22.5 °C11 March 1995	26.6 °C	2,703 mm	67
1994	32.1 °C15 May 1994	23.1 °C12 January 1994	26.9 °C	1,874 mm	82
1993	31.9 °C6 June 1993	22.4 °C24 January 1993	26.7 °C	1,932 mm	72
1992	31.9 °C14 April 1992	21.4 °C17 January 1992	26.6 °C	1,451 mm	74
1991	31.6 °C15 May 1991	22.6 °C19 February 1991	26.7 °C	1,615 mm	70
1990	31.7 °C4 September 1990	22.4 °C19 January 1990	26.7 °C	1,823 mm	63
1989	31.2 °C14 July 1989	22.5 °C9 March 1989	26.6 °C	2,216 mm	52
1988	31.5 °C11 August 1988	23.4 °C13 December 1988	27.1 °C	2,060 mm	92
1987	32.3 °C25 June 1987	21.6 °C5 February 1987	26.9 °C	1,875 mm	94
1986	32.4 °C1 June 1986	22.0 °C4 March 1986	26.7 °C	1,774 mm	77
1985	32.8 °C14 June 1985	22.7 °C16 December 1985	26.6 °C	2,061 mm	54
1984	30.8 °C30 July 1984	23.3 °C2 February 1984	26.5 °C	1,926 mm	35
1983	33.0 °C5 June 1983	22.6 °C7 February 1983	26.8 °C	1,767 mm	73
1982	30.8 °C4 July 1982	22.2 °C30 January 1982	26.4 °C	2,174 mm	37
1981	31.6 °C6 June 1981	22.0 °C21 January 1981	26.6 °C	2,078 mm	73
1980	31.7 °C10 May 1980	22.5 °C5 February 1980	26.6 °C	2,154 mm	49
1979	31.4 °C1 June 1979	22.1 °C12 January 1979	26.6 °C	1,915 mm	58
1978	31.9 °C31 July 1978	22.2 °C6 February 1978	26.7 °C	2,077 mm	60
1977	32.3 °C17 May 1977	22.3 °C18 February 1977	26.6 °C	2,026 mm	59
1976	30.8 °C5 August 1976	21.0 °C4 February 1976	26.2 °C	2,758 mm	22
1975	31.6 °C18 August 1975	22.4 °C20 January 1975	26.4 °C	2,094 mm	29
1974	33.2 °C1 September 1974	21.5 °C12 January 1974	26.6 °C	2,020 mm	67
1973	31.9 °C20 July 1973	22.0 °C26 January 1973	26.6 °C	2,067 mm	56
1972	31.6 °C20 May 1972	21.8 °C6 March 1972	26.4 °C	1,783 mm	51
1971	31.4 °C22 September 1971	21.3 °C12 January 1971	26.2 °C	2,076 mm	28
1970	31.8 °C4 June 1970	22.8 °C21 January 1970	26.7 °C	2,242 mm	84
1969	32.8 °C26 May 1969	22.1 °C8 February 1969	26.9 °C	1,253 mm	97
1968	33.5 °C3 September 1968	21.4 °C21 February 1968	26.5 °C	1,166 mm	94
1967	32.9 °C5 August 1967	22.0 °C23 March 1967	26.5 °C	1,684 mm	106
1966	31.8 °C23 August 1966	22.8 °C20 January 1966	26.4 °C	1,541 mm	45
1965	29.7 °C30 May 1965	22.2 °C13 January 1965	25.8 °C	1,843 mm	0
1964	31.5 °C5 June 1964	22.8 °C5 February 1964	26.2 °C	1,937 mm	13
1963	32.8 °C11 June 1963	20.9 °C1 March 1963	26.3 °C	1,173 mm	82
1962	32.0 °C1 September 1962	21.6 °C1 February 1962	26.3 °C	1,501 mm	41
1961	32.0 °C1 August 1961	21.5 °C18 January 1961	26.6 °C	1,465 mm	70
1960	32.9 °C26 August 1960	23.0 °C5 February 1960	26.8 °C	1,532 mm	74
1959	31.5 °C5 June 1959	22.4 °C19 January 1959	26.6 °C	1,733 mm	66
1958	32.4 °C7 June 1958	22.3 °C14 February 1958	26.5 °C	2,180 mm	63
1957	32.4 °C15 May 1957	22.1 °C6 February 1957	26.5 °C	2,071 mm	54
1956	30.1 °C5 September 1956	22.1 °C27 February 1956	26.0 °C	2,612 mm	6
1955	31.6 °C28 May 1955	21.7 °C22 February 1955	26.2 °C	2,451 mm	40
1954	31.2 °C7 August 1954	22.5 °C6 February 1954	26.5 °C	2,347 mm	52
1953	31.6 °C15 May 1953	22.6 °C8 January 1953	26.6 °C	1,599 mm	46
1952	32.3 °C13 July 1952	22.4 °C19 March 1952	26.6 °C	2,227 mm	43
1951	31.9 °C23 August 1951	22.9 °C5 February 1951	26.4 °C	2,288 mm	35
1950	32.7 °C13 August 1950	22.7 °C22 February 1950	26.4 °C	1,756 mm	65
1949	30.9 °C5 September 1949	21.7 °C10 January 1949	26.2 °C	2,950 mm	17
1948	31.1 °C11 June 1948	22.0 °C18 January 1948	25.9 °C	1,946 mm	12
1947	30.7 °C15 June 1947	22.3 °C14 February 1947	26.1 °C	2,248 mm	8
1946	30.8 °C5 June 1946	22.8 °C3 February 1946	26.0 °C	2,748 mm	8
1945	30.7 °C27 May 1945	22.5 °C22 February 1945	26.1 °C	2,518 mm	13
1944	30.3 °C24 May 1944	21.7 °C6 March 1944	25.7 °C	2,402 mm	2
1943	30.0 °C22 June 1943	21.6 °C26 February 1943	25.4 °C	1,826 mm	2
1942	29.9 °C11 August 1942	22.2 °C7 December 1942	25.8 °C	2,314 mm	0
1941	30.6 °C23 April 1941	21.3 °C8 February 1941	26.0 °C	1,774 mm	4
1940	30.2 °C2 June 1940	21.8 °C20 January 1940	25.7 °C	2,155 mm	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.3 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

110 d/yr

+41

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3845 mm

+1669 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.7 °C	+0.8 °C	427 mm	+244 mm
Feb	27.9 °C	+0.7 °C	386 mm	+268 mm
Mar	28.5 °C	+0.5 °C	215 mm	+108 mm
Apr	30.4 °C	+1.3 °C	52 mm	-38 mm
May	30.4 °C	+0.6 °C	163 mm	+29 mm
Jun	30.1 °C	+0.3 °C	329 mm	+152 mm
Jul	30.3 °C	+0.9 °C	328 mm	+108 mm
Aug	29.9 °C	+0.3 °C	307 mm	+129 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	-0.3 °C	396 mm	+189 mm
Oct	29.3 °C	+0.5 °C	357 mm	+117 mm
Nov	29.3 °C	+1.1 °C	546 mm	+288 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+1.2 °C	339 mm	+78 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.5 °C

3 Jun 2025

Coldest day

23.8 °C

5 Feb 2025

Wettest day

236.1 mm

9 Nov 2025

Windiest day

77.6 km/h

9 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

163.1 km/h

9 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

4 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.2 °C

9 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

26 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Virac?

Virac has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.6 °C and it receives 2,176 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Virac?

The hottest day measured in Virac between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1968, reaching 33.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Virac?

The coldest day measured in Virac between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1963, at 20.9 °C.

Does it snow in Virac?

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

Has the climate of Virac warmed?

Yes: Virac warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Virac?

The wettest day measured in Virac between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1942, with 327 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Virac?

The windiest day measured in Virac between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1942, with winds reaching 104.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Virac?

The warmest month in Virac is May (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Virac?

Virac receives on average 2,176 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 279 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Virac?

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

Are there tropical nights in Virac?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Virac?

In Virac, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 22 August 1998, and the lowest was 12.9 °C on 20 November 1942.

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