I'm so happy to see the temperature drop to 20C.  I have no problem with the Thai people being cold at this temperature, but if you're from Europe or N. America (excluding SS Texas and SS Florida.), this is not cold. I don't care how many years you've been here.

19 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Watched this morning as the Hi So Thais were wearing their puffy jackets, and fake fur caps while wearing their Uggs.....laughed as I walked by them in the car park at Mega Bangna wearing my Dress shorts and Polo shirt.

Dress shorts???????????? surely a safari suit and pith helmet would have preferred attire?

 

This is cold and one of the reasons I left Boston , MA USA  Will never return there in the winter.

 

Cold weather is not on my Wish List for any day ending in “y”. End of story…????????

Turns out about 8 years ago I developed Cold Urticaria, it is as dangerous an allergy as that of say bee stings or peanuts.. Now I find myself in a hoodie if it ever gets below 25C. If it ever were to get below 10C I would not leave the house without an Epipen.

 

So, not loving cold but mornings in Pattaya have dipped to 24ish by the time I am up and my office is always 27+. Even then I can be spotted in my office with the fans off and a hoodie on some mornings.

1 hour ago, Tony125 said:

This is cold and one of the reasons I left Boston , MA USA  Will never return there in the winter.

 

Good God I thought that was Canada eh ! 

20 hours ago, big dendrobenaes said:

what cold weather.......go to quebec.....alberta....winepeg.....chicago......mongolia

NOW there is cold !!!!

never been there, but received a message from a friend who is Vancouver at the moment. He says it's -43*  Now that's cold.

Edited December 21, 20214 yr by TigerandDog

I quite enjoy the cool season, however, I would hardly call it cold.  The early mornings are a bit chilly here in the North, but the afternoons are extremely pleasant

21 hours ago, ArcticFox said:

The Cold is a sign of Global Warming the the destruction of the planet

It's another Ice Age 

 

The last glacial period began about 100,000 years ago and lasted until 25,000 years ago.

Phuket almost always around 30C. Seldom Cold here. Few days last month were 17 C. Lowest Ever Temp here. Felt Relatively Cold but hardly really Cold ! 

It's not cold it's cool...

22 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

Maybe down south and some place starting woth P it is warmer than here .   Your thoughts .

Nakhon Pathom west of BKK the lowest it's been so far about 2-weeks ago was 21.5C at night.

This week 24C at night 34C during the day.

Toasty.

3 hours ago, roo860 said:

Dress shorts???????????? surely a safari suit and pith helmet would have preferred attire?

 

The closest I've got to dress shorts are a couple of pairs with the netting still slightly intact thereby preventing my Plums rolling out when i sit down ????

Love this weather....best time of the year.

Best time of the year. 

No fan at night or most days for that matter. 

Korat area.

6 hours ago, LoeiI said:

Is that a Puma or are you 3 foot 1 ?  ????

Possibly part mountain lion. Here he is again.

35 minutes ago, LoeiI said:

The closest I've got to dress shorts are a couple of pairs with the netting still slightly intact thereby preventing my Plums rolling out when i sit down ????

So cold in the shade today my plums have gone into hibernation somewhere above where they usually are.

yes love this, my cat now stays in all night with me.????

Edited December 21, 20214 yr by malibukid

4 hours ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

I'm so happy to see the temperature drop to 20C.  I have no problem with the Thai people being cold at this temperature, but if you're from Europe or N. America (excluding SS Texas and SS Florida.), this is not cold. I don't care how many years you've been here.

Been here 39 years and haven't spent a winter in Europe or any country in colder climes since I was 19 so it is certainly chilly for me. But what really gets me is the lower humidity at this time of the year that leads to my skin drying out and looking bloody awful. Were I to be back in the west, I'd probably look like a leper every winter.  

Great!

 

Electrical bill 20%-30% cheaper.

 

I don't have to change my shirt 3 or 4 times a day if I'm working outside.

 

Pleasant evenings.  I notice in Issan during hot season it almost feels hotter at night because there's barely any breeze.  It can be stifling.

 

Enjoy it now it doesn't last long.

22 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Got down to 18 C here in BKK last night, slept with the sliders open and the screen doors shut to keep out any unwelcome bugs, felt very nice.  Glad to have ceiling fans as well that help when we sleep.  No aircon running for the past few days in the house except from about 3pm to 7 pm as the sun runs down the sky on our side of the building.  Right now its 26 C, should be down to 19C tonight.  Makes for nice workout weather in the early morning as well, keeps me from sweating during my run in Lumpini.

Wow, I lived 4 years in Bangkok and never saw the temperature dropping below 20 C - at the coldest possible i.e. sunrise on a "winter" day.

The cool season in Bangkok seemed to be much longer and the temperature quite a bit lower about 35 years ago. I wonder if there has been a change in the average temperature over the years. 

On 12/20/2021 at 6:14 PM, toofarnorth said:

Your thoughts .

Love the cooler weather. Sadly the winter season in Thailand coincides with crop burning season and horrendous levels of pm2.5 air pollution. ???? 

Yeah, I'm freezing. I'm missing the 45-50 Centigrades .

It's a bit bloody chilly out here on the darkside of Pattaya, though it will warm up eventually I quite like the coolness that this time of year brings. ????

Nice up in Udon Thani province...

I would like this cold weather if the air wasn't that darn polluted.

3 minutes ago, Caldera said:

I would like this cold weather if the air wasn't that darn polluted.

Yes wanted the windows open this morning here in Sathorn, but the PM 2.5 is 167, and I can barely see past the next set of buildings.  They know they have a problem, yet the hundreds of condo builds going on 24 hours a day are allowed to continue kicking up the dust and sheite into the air.  It gets even worse when the roadways get loaded up with cars.  Had to use Visine in my eyes last night and this morning ...ugh.

Love it! Here in BK we've never had hot water.

 

This is the only time of year when I'm not sweating through, leaving puddles.

On 12/21/2021 at 2:08 AM, TigerandDog said:

never been there, but received a message from a friend who is Vancouver at the moment. He says it's -43*  Now that's cold.

You're friend is pulling your leg, It's never been -43 in Vancouver. Ever.