CLIMATE

Type C Climate - Moist; rain sufficiently distributed with at most 4.5 dry months; 0.33 or more, but less than 0 60. Regions with this climate type include a large portion of the valleys and plains of northern and central Luzon; Western Masbate; Eastern Palawan; Southern Panay; Central Negros; Eastern Cebu and a tiny area in Northern Mindanao.

Binalbagan receives its copious rainfall during the wet season. Like other municipalities in the southern part of the province, average maximum precipitation was observed during the month of August when the average of 1124.5 mm. was recorded for a period of five (5) years starting in 1886 to 1990. During heavy rains, floods occur. Flood prone areas in the poblacion are the Binalbagan public market areas, Barangay

San Teodoro and Cagamayan in San Vicente and Pucatod in Payao. The heaviest flooding occurred during Typhoon Nitang in 1990 when Tanulo River, Alimango River and Tanate River overflowed, flooding immediate and adjacent areas.