Tourism excitement as temperatures hit 6C on Doi Inthanon

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Tourism excitement as temperatures hit 6C on Doi Inthanon

 

Thai caption: It's now cold in the mountains

 

Sanook painted a rosy picture for tourism in the north of Thailand saying that excitement was mounting as the cool season had arrived and temperatures were plummeting. 

 

Now the rains are all but over the tourists are expected to visit the north in droves enjoying cooler weather on the plains and especially cool in the hills. 

 

Thailand's tallest peak is Doi Inthanon at 2,565 meters. A temperature of 6 degrees celsius was recorded there though the visitor center was still 15 degrees. 

 

Sanook said the morning temperature on the plains of the north was 20-22C. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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[Mavideol]

ok, all sounds good but what's the point.... I didn't get it

[johng]

ok, all sounds good but what's the point.... I didn't get it

The Thais call it "cold" sometimes there is even frost on the grass then it becomes a magical event with thousands flocking to the mountain top to get a glimse [emoji39]

[Samuel Smith]

Cool air brings temperature inversions & trapped pollution in the valley at night.  Yippee ????

 

[Mavideol]

3 minutes ago, johng said:

The Thais call it "cold" sometimes there is even frost on the grass then it becomes a magical event with thousands flocking to the mountain top to get a glimse

..... if that's excitement for them, though am still puzzled...

[ezzra]

In my haste reading the article i thought it was about 'tourism excrement' that are down to 6c.. silly me...

[brokenbone]

if it gets cooler its weather, if it gets warmer its climate change [sic]

[GreasyFingers]

Cool season? We are not as high as Don Inthanon but our temperature range today was from 22-34C. Have been here when it was 5C in the morning at this time of the year.

[tabarin]

10 hours ago, Mavideol said:

ok, all sounds good but what's the point.... I didn't get it

They get a hard one on seeing frost basically, as close as it gets to snow.
Many locals drive up the mountain, to crash on the way back down (half frozen roads), just to see it. 

Edited October 22, 2019 by tabarin

[Damrongsak]

33 minutes ago, tabarin said:

They get a hard one on seeing frost basically, as close as it gets to snow.
Many locals drive up the mountain, to crash on the way back down (half frozen roads), just to see it. 

People in Buffalo, NY (USA) don't drive anywhere to see snow.  They have home delivery.

 

 

Where I live in Virginia, we don't get very much snow.  One day we got about 40 cm.  A bit north of us, they got 75 cm.  Temperature can occasionally hit 40C in the summer and -15C in the winter.

 

My imported Thai relatives enjoy a bit of snow.