the climate in the Philippines

• weather pattern - repeating weather condition over a period of time
• climate - average weather pattern in a certain area over a long period of time
• In the Philippines , climate can be divided into two distinct seasons :

  • dry season
  • wet season
• dry season - December to May
• wet season - June and November
• dry season is subdivided into cool dry season - December to February

  hoy dry season - march to may
• ITCZ - Intertropical Convergence Zone
• ITCZ - region near the equator where winds from northern and southern hemisphere come together