The trouble is that the ice trade is 19th-century, but Braudel quoted a source from the 17th century about taking everything iced. Can any Filipino reader comm

The trouble is that the ice trade is 19th-century, but Braudel quoted a source from the 17th century about taking everything iced. Can any Filipino reader comment on whether snow ever falls there? I didn't see any snowcaps on Google Satellite View, but that's not the best of sources...