Thailand to enter cold season at the end of October

[webfact]

 

Get your sweater out of the wardrobe, as you might need it by the end of this month, as Thailand will enter the cold season during the fourth week of October, with temperatures expected to drop to 20 degrees celsius in the north.

 

Bangkok residents, who have not experienced cold weather for several consecutive years may, this year, need to wear warm clothing as the temperature may drop to 17 degrees celsius in the inner city and 15 degrees celsius in the suburbs.

 

The Thai Meteorological Department reported this morning (Monday) that Thailand’s cold season will see average temperatures lower than last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailand-to-enter-cold-season-at-the-end-of-october/

 

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[Dmaxdan]

I don't care as long as it stops raining!

Chiang Mai is turning into Venice of the orient.

[ikke1959]

Hot season starts mid March

 

[PJ71]

1 minute ago, ikke1959 said:

Hot season starts mid March

 

Excellent - thanks for that.

[ezzra]

Yeah, Thailand's 'cold season' is a real  antarctica weather...

[CANSIAM]

Parkas /sweaters soon, plunging to 20c............

[proton]

Cold season in Bkk is usually one degree lower at around 29, be surprised but pleased if it gets much lower than that.

[Simple Jack]

Yay! The one time a year where the core heater in the car get's used.

[Photoguy21]

It reached a low of 16C about 6 years ago. Didnt last though, just in the morning.

[Mises]

Pesky Global Warming

[MJCM]

1 hour ago, Simple Jack said:

Yay! The one time a year where the core heater in the car get's used.

Indeed, when we bought our Car we didn't know it had it, and we pleasantly surprised that one "cold" morning 18c and the aircon was at 26c and after a while HOT air came out of the Vents.

[Encid]

3 minutes ago, MJCM said:

Indeed, when we bought our Car we didn't know it had it, and we pleasantly surprised that one "cold" morning 18c and the aircon was at 26c and after a while HOT air came out of the Vents.

Same here... we bought a new Pajero Sport 4x4 last year and were pleasantly surprised to discover a heating function in the AC after setting the temperature to 27°C one chilly night coming home from the local hospital about 30km away.

 

Off-topic but it is not the only hidden and under-advertised feature of the Pajero either... it has a special "Driver Assist" mode that works when you are using the GPS... it's actually a radar detector! Goodbye speeding fine photos!

[IAMHERE]

'Predict'  I just love when that's used in a Thai sentence about anything.

[kotsak]

Cold season..  ????

 

Unless the balls retract, weather is warm all year around. ????

 

 

 

[Skeptic7]

N and NE can get quite chilly. Single digits C sometimes in the morning. Mountains in CM can approach 0c. 

 

Pic below was snapped 20 May this year, Doi Inthanon. 30c down below while 15c at the summit. 

 

Edited October 3, 2022 by Skeptic7

[Archie Baker]

5 hours ago, CANSIAM said:

Parkas /sweaters soon, plunging to 20c............

Time to get the "toon army jarzie" on if its that hot. 

[brucegoniners]

That is awesome! How about all year round with no rain?

 

I can dream can't I???

[BarraMarra]

Start worrying when you start spraying de-icer on your windscreens or scrape the frost off them.

[bangkok19]

November to late Feb....  best time of the year IMO.

The heat in Sukhothai these past few months has been oppressive.

I forgot to bring with me my rubber 'condom' beer holder, when drinking those tinnies of Heineken outdoors, they lose their chill in minutes  >  warm beer! Forced to drink indoors in the A/C until sunset.

I haven't seen those rubber 'condom' beer holders in Big C or the markets...... 

[jacko45k]

Yes, so all the stray dogs will be wearing old T-Shirts, and I get to accommodate the darned MIL!

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Get your sweater out of the wardrobe, as you might need it by the end of this month, as Thailand will enter the cold season during the fourth week of October, with temperatures expected to drop to 20 degrees celsius in the north.

We will survive... 

[phetphet]

19 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Hot season starts mid March

 

 

The Meteorological Department (TMD) has said that summer in Thailand is likely to begin on Tuesday March 1, provided certain weather conditions are met.

[lujanit]

Weather forecasting is more art than science.  True of forecasters all over the world.