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El Nino - is this the hottest ever ?

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In my 15 years in Isan Thailand this month has to be the hottest ever with in the shade temperatures regularly hitting 42 c along with a strong breeze that doesn't help . Now today I have read that Thailand may suffer from a super El Nino weather starting June to the end of the year . This will cause reduced rainfall, droughts and water and crop shortages in Asia including Thailand and India where the monsoons may not happen . I hope the super El Nino doesn't occur . Its keeping me house bound in an air-con room .

A fall in temperatures and maybe rain/hail , could be here this weekend.

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And a few short months ago we were complaining about the cold weather. The ocean was too cold for me in December and January. Last week, it was like a nice spa, on the days the algae bloom wasn't evident. Not making light of your concern, because it is serious. A drought will put millions of Thai farmers at risk of ruin. My friend has already seen his rice fields neglected because of the Cambodian crisis. A drought will put several of his family farms into arid wastelands. We will see wildfires and soil erosion. So yes, we are on the cusp of a national catastrophe if we are into a very hot period. Making it worse is the fuel crisis. Cheap fuel powers the irrigation pumps .

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1 hour ago, superal said:

In my 15 years in Isan Thailand this month has to be the hottest ever with in the shade temperatures regularly hitting 42 c along with a strong breeze that doesn't help . Now today I have read that Thailand may suffer from a super El Nino weather starting June to the end of the year . This will cause reduced rainfall, droughts and water and crop shortages in Asia including Thailand and India where the monsoons may not happen . I hope the super El Nino doesn't occur . Its keeping me house bound in an air-con room .

A fall in temperatures and maybe rain/hail , could be here this weekend.

Purely anecdotal......but it seems brutal out there compared to previous years.

I've got two 18,000 BTU units running flat out in our lounge/diner.......I'm happy to pay rather than suffer.

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I still go through the day without aircon. I don't turn it on until 10 or 11pm. If I keep moving and doing things throughout the day, the heat doesn't seem as bad. When I sit still and there is no breeze whatsoever, that is when things feel hot.

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We had a hotter March and April a few years ago , just about everything was Brown , at the moment this just feels like every other year. 40°c for a few weeks then with a bit of luck the rains will come.

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19 minutes ago, John Drake said:

I still go through the day without aircon. I don't turn it on until 10 or 11pm. If I keep moving and doing things throughout the day, the heat doesn't seem as bad. When I sit still and there is no breeze whatsoever, that is when things feel hot.

I turn on the aircon at its highest setting (30) at around 3 pm. As you said, if you keep moving, it isn't too bad. It did seem to get hotter quicker this year. I did give up riding my bicycle to coffee in the morning because by the time I got there, I was soaked in sweat (looked like I pissed on myself). The ponds are almost dry. In the last 15 years, they have only once gotten completely dry

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7 minutes ago, bunnydrops said:

I turn on the aircon at its highest setting (30) at around 3 pm. As you said, if you keep moving, it isn't too bad. It did seem to get hotter quicker this year. I did give up riding my bicycle to coffee in the morning because by the time I got there, I was soaked in sweat (looked like I pissed on myself). The ponds are almost dry. In the last 15 years, they have only once gotten completely dry

I have a Mitsubishi that for some reason allows me to set the thermostat at 31, instead of the 30 on the Panasonics, which I almost never turn on in my office or library. 31 seems comfortable enough when paired with a fan. And I also have floor fans all through the house. The one thing I never understood about Thailand is why builders never installed attic fans to suck in a strong breeze and move out stale hot air. I don't even see roof turbines in my village, although I know they're out there in other places.

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Maybe a tad hotter a few years back, but for some reason heat feels particularly brutal this year. Part of the problem may be that tree outside my study has no foliage and may be dying which has made the afternoon sun unbearable. Watched in disbelief my 80 yo neighbor planting manioac with no shade but from his hat all afternoon the other day. Confess I have been nursing thoughts of moving to cooler climes.

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5 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

Maybe a tad hotter a few years back, but for some reason heat feels particularly brutal this year. Part of the problem may be that tree outside my study has no foliage and may be dying which has made the afternoon sun unbearable. Watched in disbelief my 80 yo neighbor planting manioac with no shade but from his hat all afternoon the other day. Confess I have been nursing thoughts of moving to cooler climes.

Which I used to do but the expensive flights and the uncertainty of being able to complete a round trip flight , because of the middle East crisis , has scared me off , so I am staying here . Just hope there are no power cuts .

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37 minutes ago, NE1 said:

We had a hotter March and April a few years ago , just about everything was Brown , at the moment this just feels like every other year. 40°c for a few weeks then with a bit of luck the rains will come.

Believe me , you can feel the difference between 42 c and 40 c , up here in Isan and miles from a coastal breeze .

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2 hours ago, superal said:

In my 15 years in Isan Thailand this month has to be the hottest ever with in the shade temperatures regularly hitting 42 c along with a strong breeze that doesn't help . Now today I have read that Thailand may suffer from a super El Nino weather starting June to the end of the year . This will cause reduced rainfall, droughts and water and crop shortages in Asia including Thailand and India where the monsoons may not happen . I hope the super El Nino doesn't occur . Its keeping me house bound in an air-con room .

A fall in temperatures and maybe rain/hail , could be here this weekend.

The official temperatures (always shade temperatures isolated from thermal conduction) in the Bangkok area have been between 37 and 38 °C on the hottest days so far this year, predicted to reach 39 °C tomorrow. I did see 40 °C in the northeast on the weather map, but it won't regularly exceed these temperatures if at all.

It does make cooling a big problem as 35 C and higher, fans start blowing warm air that heats up the body.

14 minutes ago, John Drake said:

I have a Mitsubishi that for some reason allows me to set the thermostat at 31, instead of the 30 on the Panasonics, which I almost never turn on in my office or library. 31 seems comfortable enough when paired with a fan. And I also have floor fans all through the house. The one thing I never understood about Thailand is why builders never installed attic fans to suck in a strong breeze and move out stale hot air. I don't even see roof turbines in my village, although I know they're out there in other places.

The house next door has a turbine. I need to do something about my attic. I couldn't even find soffit vents. Thanks for the attic fan idea, I will have to look into that. I haven't seen one in the stores.

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Two years ago was hotter, so were 2015/2016. And this has been only a couple of weeks. I am in Surin.

2 minutes ago, Peter Crow said:

Two years ago was hotter, so were 2015/2016. And this has been only a couple of weeks. I am in Surin.

Yeah, I don't remember if it was 2023 or 2024, but there were a string of 40 degree days on the outskirts of Bangkok.

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18 minutes ago, Peter Crow said:

Two years ago was hotter, so were 2015/2016. And this has been only a couple of weeks. I am in Surin.

16 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Yeah, I don't remember if it was 2023 or 2024, but there were a string of 40 degree days on the outskirts of Bangkok.

16 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Agreed 2024 was the hottest ever and I have been here 35+ years. It was all SEA and lasted from March 20th till early May when it finally broke. 40+ each of those days, and no wind and little night cooling. 32+ for over 20 days as the lowest temperature. This time it is cooling with breezes at night. Hopefully two or three more weeks and it will break.

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Nah ! , this is not hot ,comfortable watching TV with just a fan , don't have

A/c don't like it ,plenty of trees and water around the house ,in the 40 years

living here , there must have been much hotter times ,as I bought 2 of those

air coolers that you put ice in , they are useless ,and have not found the

need to use them in last 3 years at least. I prefer the heat to the cold ,

could not go through a British winter now.

regards worgeordie

4 hours ago, John Drake said:

I still go through the day without aircon. I don't turn it on until 10 or 11pm. If I keep moving and doing things throughout the day, the heat doesn't seem as bad. When I sit still and there is no breeze whatsoever, that is when things feel hot.

You mention that it isn't too bad. Is there a reason you wouldn't want it to be good? If it is a money thing, I understand but I have a feeling it is something else. I feel like some out of habit or something else refrain from being cool which would be much more pleasant.

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Yes.

This Hot Season is the HOTTEST in over ten years, in CM.

However, leading up to the Hot Season, we experienced quite a cold and often rainy-day January and February, which was strange.

Also, here, we are experiencing very high smoke levels. I can only assume that last year was so wet, and not so hot that much of the vegetation had not been burned during the Hot Season of 2025.

One thing is FOR SURE, Folks: 2027 will be even hotter.

We are in the control of Global Warming, and within a few years, rice harvests will crash, as a result.

Also, it will become almost impossible to do physical labor outdoors, due to dew point, etc.....

I keep my bedroom at 20-degrees C.

Any lower than that, and I must take hot baths to stay warm.

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Nah ! , this is not hot ,comfortable watching TV with just a fan , don't have

A/c don't like it ,plenty of trees and water around the house ,in the 40 years

living here , there must have been much hotter times ,as I bought 2 of those

air coolers that you put ice in , they are useless ,and have not found the

need to use them in last 3 years at least. I prefer the heat to the cold ,

could not go through a British winter now.

regards worgeordie

Where do you buy the ice?

Also, of course, if you want to cool down your house by buying ice and using a fan with it, you must do the following things:

a. Keep all windows closed.

b. Buy a large block of ice.

c. How Big a Block of Ice? You will require a block of ice weighing about 1.67 tons, EACH DAY.....

d. Just put your 1.67-Ton block of ice in the middle of the room, and you might not even need your fan.

e. Drill a hole in your floor to allow the melting ice to escape, or you will end up with a swimming pool after about a week of this.

How did I arrive at this tonnage?

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Anyway, stay cool, Man.....

Best regards Gamma

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In our village, wifes daughter just paid someone to run a pvc pipe up to our carport roof & plant a lawn sprinkler there.

Now we have hot water being sprayed on a scorching hot, non shaded tin roof.

Result = 25% hotter (but with useless puddles of water.)

Thai logic 101.🙃🙃

13 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Where do you buy the ice?

Where does anyone buy/rent the crane to lift your hypothetical lump of ice if there were idiotic to ever follow any of your so called advice and what would the ice and crane cost?

30 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

This Hot Season is the HOTTEST in over ten years, in CM.

Please provide Thai Metrological sources for that info please as 2024 is the current hottest year in the last decade!

"My understanding is that the current climate is experiencing unprecedented heat levels, with the past decade being the hottest on record. According to the World Meteorological Organization, 2024 was confirmed as the hottest year since records began!"

AI quote above

10 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Where does anyone buy/rent the crane to lift your hypothetical lump of ice if there were idiotic to ever follow any of your so called advice and what would the ice and crane cost?

You would not need to buy one single solid cube of ice weighing 1.67 Tonis, per day.

Also, water is very dense, the density of water is ONE.

And so, one ton of ice does not take up that much space in a room actually.

Also, melting ice is ALMOST SILENT.....

Therefore, much quieter than an AC, and probably smells better, too.

In fact, 1.67 tons of ice is not much bigger than a mid-size refrigerator, as you can see:

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You don't need to rent a crane.

Just buy smaller cubes of ice, and assemble them in your room, one at a time, to make one single larger cube.

If you are OK lifting 50 Kgs, then just order 33 smaller cubes of 50 Kgs each.

9 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Please provide Thai Metrological sources for that info please as 2024 is the current hottest year in the last decade!

Your statement is ONLY valid UP TO the year 2025, and DOES NOT include the year 2026....OBVIOUSLY.

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You would not need to buy one single solid cube of ice weighing 1.67 Tonis, per day.

4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You would not need to buy one single solid cube of ice weighing 1.67 Tonis, per day.

You said earlier"

b. Buy a large block of ice.

c. How Big a Block of Ice? You will require a block of ice weighing about 1.67 tons, EACH DAY.....

Which post is true?

Not that I expect any sensible response!

4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Your statement is ONLY valid UP TO the year 2025, and DOES NOT include the year 2026....OBVIOUSLY.

Then where is the 2026 source?

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1 minute ago, scottiejohn said:

Then where is the 2026 source?

This has yet to be written, OBVIOUSLY.

This record will be written in the year 2027, of course.

9 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You would not need to buy one single solid cube of ice weighing 1.67 Tonis, per day.

Also, water is very dense, the density of water is ONE.

And so, one ton of ice does not take up that much space in a room actually.

Also, melting ice is ALMOST SILENT.....

Therefore, much quieter than an AC, and probably smells better, too.

In fact, 1.67 tons of ice is not much bigger than a mid-size refrigerator, as you can see:

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You don't need to rent a crane.

Just buy smaller cubes of ice, and assemble them in your room, one at a time, to make one single larger cube.

If you are OK lifting 50 Kgs, then just order 33 smaller cubes of 50 Kgs each.

What is the melting rate in the high summer of thailand whike they transfer all these bags of ice

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

This has yet to be written, OBVIOUSLY.

This record will be written in the year 2027, of course.

Then why lie in your above post.

You are the worst charlatan on AN IMO and that says something singular about you!

5 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Then where is the 2026 source?

Furthermore, for your edification, you might or might not be interested in this:

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14 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

f you are OK lifting 50 Kgs, then just order 33 smaller cubes of 50 Kgs each.

And watch them melt as you transfer them out to your basement hovel every day!

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