This morning at 0800 at our house on the western side of Lake Phayao the outside temperature was 13 degrees. That is the coldest we have had for a few years. The coldest I have seen in the 8 years I have been here is 9 degrees. Having lived in the tropics for 40 years that is cold.

Edited December 7, 20196 yr by ripstanley

Very cool in CM as well.  Unfortunately, every time we have a cold winter, I always expect a really hot summer.  Not looking forward to the oppressive heat awaiting us in Mar/Apr.

Yes, this morning the weather is amazing.  We got down to 10 and it is still only 15 right now.  It has been windy the last couple of days as well which helps to disperse the smoke from all the burning.

There are a few photos doing the rounds on social media of the chilly start to the day.

 

These were taken at Doi Inthanon....

 

 

 

Hope none of the posters here are climate change deniers! 

cli·mate change

noun

 

1. a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.

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6 hours ago, ripstanley said:

The coldest I have seen in the 8 years I have been here is 9 degrees.

then next year, after 9 years, you should see 8 degrees... if there is order to the universe... 

We were down to 12C this morning, the coldest so far, plus a very cold wind blowing if you were not in cover. Do not know what the chill factor was as the thermometer is fixed to the wall.

 

The thousands of tourists up here this weekend for the Overcoat concert will be happy to have it so cool.

11 hours ago, Skallywag said:

Hope none of the posters here are climate change deniers! 

cli·mate change

noun

 

1. a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.

   snoop1130

   Posted 14 hours ago

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Globalists have infiltrated all of the web, including all the *****pedia's. 

Cold up here in the NE I think it was 3-4 years back had a cold 

winter and at that time NO HOT water... 

The good lady wife and in-laws wearing jackets all day and it was 26c at the top of the day.  That's a good summer's day in the UK.

This morning at 0700 it was 8.5  degrees outside our house. Inside it is 14 degrees. 

8 minutes ago, ripstanley said:

This morning at 0700 it was 8.5  degrees outside our house. Inside it is 14 degrees. 

The outside thermomoter read 5 degree's at 0630 this morning Rip.

 

I don't envisage the wife or dog's getting out of bed soon.

Feels about that up here as well.

Got the little electric heater cranked up, stuff the carbon footprint.

I am training for the POTY race and just got back from an 8 km run through the foothills to our local dam.  It was a balmy 8 degrees this morning and not a cloud in the sky as the sun peaked over the distant mountains.

Edited December 8, 20196 yr by villagefarang

Three inches of snow outside the front door today. That really surprised us. The dogs were barely alive and I had to grit the driveway just to get the car out for a trip to Big C.

22 hours ago, Skallywag said:

Hope none of the posters here are climate change deniers! 

cli·mate change

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1. a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.

   snoop1130

   Posted 14 hours ago

   Monkeys hit hard as temperature drops

   By The Nation

    

Brass ones me tink.

11 hours ago, torturedsole said:

The good lady wife and in-laws wearing jackets all day and it was 26c at the top of the day.  That's a good summer's day in the UK.

I acclimatized to the heat when living on Samui but do feel stupid wearing winter clothes in the middle of the day when it is 26C out of the wind. 26C is beach weather.

On 12/7/2019 at 8:57 AM, Skallywag said:

Hope none of the posters here are climate change deniers! 

cli·mate change

noun

 

1. a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.

   snoop1130

   Posted 14 hours ago

   Monkeys hit hard as temperature drops

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Almost no one denies climate change. To do so would mean the denial of Ice Ages. Many disagree with the false narrative that it is all man made however. If it was there wouldn't have been Ice Ages.

My theory is simple, the Earth isn't a perfect sphere so it can't maintain a perfect rotation nor a perfect orbit. It therefore gets closer to and farther from the sun with gravitational forces correcting it's path back and forth and keeping it from spinning off into outer space. It's why "tracking" objects in space for impact or near Earth impact are never accurate. Until someone locks down all the variables the math will never be 100% accurate.

 

To the OP - My wife and family love to travel to the north when the temp hits 0 to look at the frost so it does get much colder than 9 in Thailand and has for several years. 

1 hour ago, mrwebb8825 said:

Almost no one denies climate change. To do so would mean the denial of Ice Ages. Many disagree with the false narrative that it is all man made however. If it was there wouldn't have been Ice Ages.

My theory is simple, the Earth isn't a perfect sphere so it can't maintain a perfect rotation nor a perfect orbit. It therefore gets closer to and farther from the sun with gravitational forces correcting it's path back and forth and keeping it from spinning off into outer space. It's why "tracking" objects in space for impact or near Earth impact are never accurate. Until someone locks down all the variables the math will never be 100% accurate.

 

To the OP - My wife and family love to travel to the north when the temp hits 0 to look at the frost so it does get much colder than 9 in Thailand and has for several years. 

I am fully aware that it gets colder than 9 degrees in certain parts of thailand that are at a higher altitude then where I live. I was posting about where I live in thailand being Phayao.