3:00 AM the Doi Kham and Wat Pong Noi area had a thunderstorm park overhead for about an hour. Dozens of huge strokes and immediate thunder. Was very very loud. Temperature here right now is 22 degrees C. Nice relief from the past week.

11am Sunday in Hang Dong and the rain just easing but its been raining all night with no wind. On the strength of the weather forecast which said very little chance of rain I went out and bought an air con so am claiming all credit for hours of lovely rain.

was that enough rain for everyone? absolutely monsoonesque all night long over here by doi suthep, and some of the loudest thunder i've ever heard.

I hope that it keeps up until September. Besides the great fruit, I do not have much use for hot season.

Agree.  At Doi Kam, fresh herbs like Thyme, Basils only 10 bahts a box.  Good size bag of Tomato also only 10 bahts.

Lychee and Mango are in season too. 

I hope that it keeps up until September. Besides the great fruit, I do not have much use for hot season.

3/4 inch of rain here in Sansai. That's a nice break after my thermometer recorded yesterday as the hottest of the year so far, at 40.2 C.

27 today, much better.

Anybody else getting many of the brown-winged side effects from last night's rain? The gecko population at my house is feasting upon the annual buffet!

Today has been Heven last week was hel_l

Not seen many insects around yet. My Geckos are looking Thin

We havent seen many Mossies this year up to now. No doubt the rain will bring em out.

Besides the great fruit, I do not have much use for hot season.

Who is The Great Fruit ?

http://www.tmd.go.th/en/

That's a great weather site T_DOG thanks for sharing.

Flying in your Cessna would work too and be a lot more fun.

sendbaht..... Hey, did you think you would get the last word on this thread? Okay, you still might! Over 4000 views, 189 posts about........ rain! I guess expats are really a lot like farmers.

We have an outbreak of bugs and frogs after the deluge two days ago. Seems like each frog species is trying to out-croak the others once the sun is below the horizon. Tree frogs on the windows in the morning and toads on the terrace.

Besides the great fruit, I do not have much use for hot season.

Who is The Great Fruit ?

I think Larry Grayson , God rest his soul, would certainly fit the bill.

'Shut that door!!'

If it's rain ya want come live in the UK !

If it's rain ya want come live in the UK !

It's bad enough living in the UK, but Leeds!!!

My condolences.

Perfect rain tonite in Nong Hoy.. Poured down hard for more than an hr Should be a cool morning. The weather seems to be more tolerable, or perhaps it seems so cause we are getting an ocassional break!

Beauuuuuuuuuuuutiful storm right now!

Wah..its gone from beautiful to a tad scary. I hope everyone has things buttoned down.

Seems to be winding down out towards Mae Jo but I'm still seeing lightning and hearing rumbles so maybe not...

Wah..its gone from beautiful to a tad scary. I hope everyone has things buttoned down.

Rolling thunder, strong winds near Hang Dong. Thunder loud enough that our Golden Retriever opened the door and made himself comfortable next to my computer desk.

I jumped outta my skin Tywais. Sounded like bombs going off here!

Agree.  At Doi Kam, fresh herbs like Thyme, Basils only 10 bahts a box.  Good size bag of Tomato also only 10 bahts.

Lychee and Mango are in season too. 

Maccheroncini, Where exactly is this market at Doi Kham, and what are the hours. I've seen one very small covered area opposite the Ratchapruek Gardens, but it seems to be a wholesale market only.

Where exactly is this market at Doi Kham, and what are the hours.

It's here:

And it's a shop, not a market. Doi Kham is a brand for Royal Product stuff. No relation to the mountain & temple of the same name in the Mae Hia area past the Royal Flora.

Hours are 8am to .... I dunno, 6pm or something. Open every day.

Thanks Winnie! Been to that one and never knew it was called Doi Kham.....

It seems to be raining all over the place now.

Yes raining like crazy. Walk up Doi Suthip with 20000 other folks tonight. We all came down soaked, but no one cared, loved it. More rain is fine with me.

The sun is shinning bright but there is a storm coming over the mountain and THUNDER.....I hope it rains like crazy tonight.

You called that one right sir sendbaht.....that was one hel_l of a strong storm. GF and I sat out and watched the lighting and it rained like the dickens.

Hope tonight too, or every night for that matter.

Your prayers have been answered with fai daps and all.

This has got to be the wettest May ever..

Anybody else getting many of the brown-winged side effects from last night's rain? The gecko population at my house is feasting upon the annual buffet!

We're getting them by the millions. They are everywhere in Chiang Mai it seems. They make a hel_l of a mess! The tookay are even coming down off the roof onto the windows to feast. There are toads everywhere in the moobaan.

And not just gecko's and toads.. You can make delicious bugbutter with them.