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Dagupan City sizzles again with 51° Celsius heat index; Aparri, Sangley Point records 50°

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John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - Dagupan City in Pangasinan recorded a 51 degrees Celsius heat index on Tuesday, the highest among areas monitored in the country by PAGASA during the day.</p><p>It was logged at 2 p.m., according to the state weather bureau.</p><p>The heat index in Aparri town, Cagayan and in Sangley Point, Cavite also reached 50 degrees Celsius.</p><p>In Metro Manila, a 46 degrees Celsius heat index was measured in NAIA in Pasay City, and 41 degrees at the Port Area in Manila.</p><p>According to PAGASA, heat index is the human discomfort index or the &quot;apparent&quot; temperature which humans perceive or feel like the temperature affecting their body.&quot;</p><p>A 41-54 degrees Celsius heat index is classified as &quot;danger&quot;, while 32-41 degrees is &quot;extreme caution.&quot;</p><p>Under the &quot;danger&quot; range, &quot;heat cramps and heat exhaustion are likely&quot; and &quot;heat stroke is probable with continued activity&quot;.</p><p>The &quot;extreme caution&quot; range, meanwhile, may possibly cause heat cramps and heat exhaustion, and &quot;continuing activity could result heat stroke.&quot;</p><p>Last May, Dagupan logged 53 degrees Celsius -- the country&#x27;s record-high for this year -- and 52 degrees Celsius in the same week.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/14/21/record-high-heat-index-in-dagupan-city-reaches-53-degrees-celsius">Record-high: Heat index in Dagupan City reaches 53 degrees Celsius</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/13/21/record-high-heat-index-dagupan-city-52-degrees">Heat index in Dagupan City scorches at record-high 52 degrees Celsius</a></li></ul><p>The high heat index is among factors that contributed to electric supply issues currently being experienced in the country that resulted in power outages, the Department of Energy had said.</p><p>The Luzon grid was placed under red alert on Tuesday with potential power outages due to low power supply, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said. </p><p>The red alert status was in place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the NGCP said in an advisory, as well as from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/01/21/luzon-grid-red-alert-june-1">Luzon grid on red alert starting 10 a.m. June 1 due to low power supply: NGCP</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1681546" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Dagupan City in Pangasinan recorded a 51 degrees Celsius heat index on Tuesday, the highest among areas monitored in the country by PAGASA during the day.</p>

Dagupan City in Pangasinan recorded a 51 degrees Celsius heat index on Tuesday, the highest among areas monitored in the country by PAGASA during the day.

Dagupan City sizzles again with 51° Celsius heat index; Aparri, Sangley Point records 50°

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Dagupan City sizzles again with 51° Celsius heat index; Aparri, Sangley Point records 50°

John Gabriel Agcaoili,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 01, 2021 06:43 PM PHT

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