Climate
The climate of Calumpit is practically similar with that of the rest of the other municipalities in the province of Bulacan. It is characterized by two (2) distinct seasons namely; the rainy and the dry. The rainy seasons starts from late May and ends around November, the dry season is from December to April. The average annual rainfall is 255.3 millimeters (mm) with the month of August having the highest month average rainfall is about 304 millimeters. The annual number of rainy days is 175 days.
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