Thailand to enter rainy season later this month

[webfact]

 

by Tanakorn Sangiam

BANGKOK (NNT) - The rainy season in Thailand will start in the third week of May. The Meteorological Department has announced it is expecting less precipitation this year.

 

The department expects the amount of precipitation throughout the monsoon season to be 5% less than the normal range.

 

The rainy season this year will start with a lighter phase with 40-60% of areas in the country experiencing precipitation in May and June, followed by a period of less precipitation and lack of rainfall in some areas in June and July, affecting particularly drought-prone areas without irrigation services.

 

The east and west coasts of the southern region are to see the most rainfall with 60-80% of the areas experiencing precipitation in May and June.

 

A high amount of rainfall will return from August through September, including torrential rains in some areas that may pose a risk of flash floods and overflows of rivers.

 

With the lack of rainfall in June and July, the department is advising the general public to save up water for the coming dry period.

 

The department also expects Thailand to start seeing impacts from the El Nino phenomenon from June to December 2023 and in February 2024.

 

Data from the Ocean Nino Index (ONI) suggests this phenomenon will not last as long as La Nina, a weather phenomenon that typically lasts 2-3 years.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230505083745014

 

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[glegolo18]

So in my mind may, june and july is the small rainy season, why the serious one up here in Isaan is september and maybe october down further south like Hua Hin.......

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The department expects the amount of precipitation throughout the monsoon season to be 5% less than the normal range.

Amazing foresight.

[ExpatOilWorker]

Got some rain earlier this week.

 

[GreasyFingers]

wet season started here last week with rain every day except yesterday.

[zzaa09]

7 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Amazing foresight.

Yep. 

Quite the confident prediction. 

????

[mikebell]

Then comes drought season when water will be rationed to compensate for the millions of gallons poured down the Songkran drain.

[bignok]

Some days it will rain, some days it wont. My predications for next 1000 years. Nostradamus.

[dinsdale]

Thailand’s heatwave nears end, rainy season looms

Thailand’s hot season approaches its conclusion as the rainy season is set to begin in mid-May, according to the country’s Meteorological Department. The hot season peaked on April 15, when the temperature reached a record high of 44.6°C in Tak.

Aseannow.com April 24.

BANGKOK (NNT) - The rainy season in Thailand will start in the third week of May. The Meteorological Department has announced it is expecting less precipitation this year.

Aseannow.com May 06.

Try:

Rainy season will start some time in July possibly August with some storms predicted to occur before this time.

Edited May 6, 2023 by dinsdale

[ezzra]

Weather forecast for tonight: dark.

I have much faith in weather forecasts as George Carlin had.

[bignok]

34 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Thailand’s heatwave nears end, rainy season looms

Thailand’s hot season approaches its conclusion as the rainy season is set to begin in mid-May, according to the country’s Meteorological Department. The hot season peaked on April 15, when the temperature reached a record high of 44.6°C in Tak.

Aseannow.com April 24.

BANGKOK (NNT) - The rainy season in Thailand will start in the third week of May. The Meteorological Department has announced it is expecting less precipitation this year.

Aseannow.com May 06.

Try:

Rainy season will start some time in July possibly August with some storms predicted to occur before this time.

August to October is wettest period. Even then it's mixed bag. 

[DaveE13]

I'm in Thailand June and July.  Thinking going to krabi with the girlfriend.  Hopefully not too much rain early part of June

[GreasyFingers]

1 hour ago, DaveE13 said:

I'm in Thailand June and July.  Thinking going to krabi with the girlfriend.  Hopefully not too much rain early part of June

Normally dry season in the south in those months, good luck.

[pluto_manibo]

11 minutes ago, GreasyFingers said:

Normally dry season in the south in those months, good luck.

Wet season has started now in Southern Thailand. June and July are never dry on the Andaman coast!

[bignok]

Just now, pluto_manibo said:

Wet season has started now in Southern Thailand. June and July are never dry on the Andaman coast!

It doesnt rain much. Krabi is rubbish now. Ruined by tourism. Better off going to Chang or up the coast Prachuap.