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44-degree weather threatens Aparri, Dagupan; 19 areas face danger heat index

Pedestrians use umbrellas and other items to shield themselves from the sun in Quezon City on March 6, 2025. Weather authorities have issued warnings and heat index data as dangerously high temperatures affect parts of the country well before the traditional summer months. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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HEAT INDEX APRIL 21

David Dizon

ABS-CBN News

<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ApdjVfd97Pw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>It’s going to be a red hot Easter Monday in 19 areas all over the country, with 2 areas - Aparri in Cagayan and Dagupan City in Pangasinan - facing 44 degrees Celsius heat index.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/4/20/scorching-hot-weather-continues-after-holy-week-0040">Scorching hot weather continues after Holy Week </a></div>Weather bureau PAGASA said the following areas are facing “danger” heat index levels of 42 degrees and above:NAIA Pasay City - 42 degrees CelsiusDagupan City - 44Bacnotan, La Union - 42 Aparri, Cagayan - 44 Tuguegarao City, Cagayan - 43 ISU Echague, Isabela - 43 Casiguran, Aurora - 42Cubi Pt., Subic Bay, Olongapo City - 43San Ildefonso, Bulacan - 43 Sangley Point, Cavite City - 43 Ambulong, Tanauan, Batangas - 42San Jose, Occidental Mindoro - 42Puerto Princesa City, Palawan - 42Daet, Camarines Norte - 42Masbate City - 42CBSUA-Pili, Camarines Sur - 42Dumangas, Iloilo - 42Catarman, Northern Samar - 42Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur - 42<div> </div>The Intertropical Convergence Zone is bringing cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms in Davao Region, Surigao del Sur, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi.Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies.<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174519394575620250421000436_HeatIndexObserved (2).png" style="width:633px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div>

It’s going to be a red hot Easter Monday in 19 areas all over the country, with 2 areas - Aparri in Cagayan and Dagupan City in Pangasinan - facing 44 degrees Celsius heat index.

It’s going to be a red hot Easter Monday in 19 areas all over the country, with 2 areas - Aparri in Cagayan and Dagupan City in Pangasinan - facing 44 degrees Celsius heat index.