The municipality belongs to Type II Climate[5][6] characterized by the absence of a dry season and very pronounced maximum rainfall from November to December.

In addition to the north-east monsoon during the months of February and March, the trail winds traveling from East to West do not give significant increase of rainfall.

During the south-west monsoon season, the linear system called the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITZ), brings the largest amount of rainfall to the area.

[6] The rainfall distribution in the municipality is greatly influenced by the air streams, tropical cyclones, the Intertropical Convergence Zone, shorelines, easterly waves and other rainfall-causing weather patterns.

Humidity in the Philippines as in the municipality of San Jose[6] is high because of the warm moist air streams flowing over the archipelago, the surrounding seas, rich vegetation and abundant rainfall.

The tropical cyclones are internationally classified with these depending on their maximum wind speed or peak wind velocities (V) as follows: The cyclones affecting the Philippine islands[6] originate from the Pacific Ocean East of the Islands between latitude 8 degrees North, 10 degrees South, traveling on a Westerly or Northwesterly course over the country.

It practically covers the entire land area of the town except barangay Adiangao which is located along the mountain range of Caramoan Peninsula which has an undulating to rolling terrain with 8.04% portions of steep slopes.

The major part of the municipal area is composed of Alluvium River Terraces[5][6] which is particularly described as fluvicatile lacustrine alluvium composed of unsorted loosely consolidated pebbles, gravel, silt, coral debris and clay that can be found in flooded plains, riverbanks, sand bars, beaches, and tidal flats.

Source: Municipal Comprehensive Landuse Plan & Zoning Ordinance (2000-2010) On the other hand, barangay Adiangao is composed of igneous and metamorphic rocks classified as Basement Complex.

It is characterized as highly fractured and folded complex consisting of quartzite, quartzatedspathit and mica schists that cover roughly 5.26% or 247.37 hectares.

Likewise, landforms in barangays Dolo, Sabang, part of Minoro, Manzana and Tagas are noted to be flat with very poorly drained terrains and oftentimes affected by floods caused by high tides.

The coastal plains are most commonly swarmed with mangroves, nipa plants, break rides, swales and tidal flats.

Meanwhile, the solids of the coastal plains are generally deep to poorly drained while beach ridges are shallow, coarse and loamy.

Generally, it is high in fertility brought about by adequate levels of soil reaction, organic matter content, and permeability.

Likewise, seasonal flooding is moderately experienced in some portions of barangays Dolo, Manzana, Kinalansan, Telegrafo and Calalahan with a depth of about 0.75 to 1.50 meters which would usually recedes within a few days only.

[6] The fine beach sand in the area makes it suitable for natural harbors as well as refuge for ships and motorbancas during the peak of weather disturbances.

Moreover, a variety of marine life and species are notably abounding in the municipal waters that provided a rich source of livelihood among coastal families.

They most frequently served as docking points for both inter-island passenger motorbancas and fishing vessels operating in Lagonoy Gulf.

It has been known that the marble deposit in barangay Adiangao has an estimated volume of 71,772,912 metric tons; and it has been contained along the Maangas-Adiangao area and believed to be suitable for dimension stones.

On the other hand, high quality sand, gravels and boulders are abundantly found along the Rangas River traversing barangays Bagacay, Mampirao, Pugay, Calalahan, Tambangan and Calawit.

The axis of a trench marks, the position of a subduction zone where old oceanic lithospheric plates begin their descent into the Earth's interior.

[6] In 1987, a study was conducted which reveals that the Bicol Region particularly the location of San Jose is a part prone to earthquakes of intensify 5 from the above-cited source zones.

Based on the frequency of volcanic eruptions that occurred in the region, there are three prominent volcanoes which are considered to be active, namely: Mt.

Mount Iriga (Asog) has a peak of 1,143 meters above sea level and classified to be "stratovolcanoe" or it has a composite cone like that of Mt.

Mayon and last record of eruption was in 1628 A.D. which eventually damned the Barit River but consequently created the Lake Buhi, the home of the smallest fish in the world with scientific name Pandaka pygmaea locally known as "tabios.

Based on projections, the ten most populated barangays will be composed of Calalahan, Sabang, Salogon, Kinalansan, Dolo, Pugay, Tagas, Danlog, Tambangan, and Mampirao.

Poverty Incidence of San Jose Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Majority of the households are engaged in farming, livestock raising (either backyard or commercial scale), or in fishing.

A number of agro-related industries are present in San Jose, including welding shops, manufacturers of threshers, hand tractor, cart and plows, ice making and cold storage facilities, rural banks, and several rice mills.

Aside from the small market base, most of the consumers prefer to shop in Goa where a more complete array of goods and services can be found.

There are 6 pipe connections from the poblacion area to the barangays of Camagong, Danlog, part of Boclod, Kinalansan, Manzana, Telegrafo, Dolo, and Sabang.