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Weather forecast updates
Weather Manila's forecasts are regularly updated every 6 hours at around 9am, 3pm, 9pm and 3 am (Philippine Standard Time). For site updates, we will try to do our best to post the latest information on weather.
3-hourly weather forecasts
Weather Manila's 3-hourly weather forecast shows the relevant weather information averaged over 3 hours starting from 12 mindnight Philippine standard time.
"Weather Outlook"
Daytime | ||||
Sunny | Sunny with clouds | Cloudy | Rain light~moderate | Heavy Rain |
Nighttime | ||||
Clear night sky | with few clouds | CLoudy | Rain light~moderate | Heavy Rain |
light rain / drizzle | light rain / drizzle |
"Temperature"
Displays the 3 hour averaged temperature for the specified time span.
"Humidity"
Displays 3 hour averaged relative humidity. Gives a measure of water content (saturation) of air.
"Rain"
Displays 3 hour averaged precipitation or rainfall. 0~1mm/hr generally is very light to light rain. 2~5mm/hr is moderate rain and more than 5 mm/hr is heavy rain.
"Wind"
Displays 3 hour averaged wind speed and wind direction. 0~5 m/s is light wind, 6~12 m/s is moderate wind, more than that is generally strong wind.
"Heat Index"
To be added during the summer season. Sometimes referred to as 'Real Feel', this is what we feel when high temperature is aggravated by high humidity.
Daily weather forecasts
Day forecasts of key cities in the Philippines show weather outlook, temperature high and lows for the whole day. Updates are done together with the 3-hourly forecasts.