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Benguet records lowest temperature this Amihan season at 10.8°C

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="At the La Trinidad Strawberry Farms during the COVID-19 lockdown in Luzon on April 15, 2020. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/12/07/20200416-coronavirus-benguet-vegetable-jc-7855.jpg"/><figcaption>At the La Trinidad Strawberry Farms during the COVID-19 lockdown in Luzon on April 15, 2020. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA—Benguet on Tuesday recorded the lowest temperature in the country this Amihan season at 10.8 degrees Celsius, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.</p><p>The cold temperature was registered at the Benguet State University agrometeorology station in La Trinidad, the state weather bureau said.</p><p>PAGASA said the top 10 stations that recorded the lowest air temperatures on Tuesday morning were:</p><ul>	<li>Baguio City, Benguet - 13.8°C</li>	<li>San Jose, Occidental Mindoro - 18.1°C</li>	<li>Basco, Batanes - 19.0°C</li>	<li>Tanay, Rizal - 19.0°C</li>	<li>Casiguran, Aurora - 19.4°C</li>	<li>Malaybalay, Bukidnon - 19.6°C</li>	<li>Abucay, Bataan - 20.4°C</li>	<li>Tuguegarao City, Cagayan - 20.4°C</li>	<li>Infanta, Quezon - 20.5°C</li>	<li>Science Garden, Quezon City - 20.8°C</li></ul><p>The state weather bureau in October said the country would experience surges of cold temperatures due to the onset of the northeast monsoon or Amihan season.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/26/21/pagasa-announces-onset-of-amihan-season">PAGASA announces onset of amihan season</a></li></ul><p>For this year, the coldest temperature was also registered at BSU in La Trinidad at 7.9 degrees Celsius on Feb. 20.</p><p>In Metro Manila stations, 19.3 degrees Celsius was measured at Science Garden in Quezon City on the same day.</p><p>The lowest temperature ever recorded in the country was in Baguio City at 6.3 degrees Celsius on Jan. 18, 1961.</p><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=1849739" 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>

Benguet on Tuesday recorded the lowest temperature in the country this Amihan season at 10.8 degrees Celsius, the state weather bureau said.