iainiain101 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Garden thermometer got to 39.8 degrees C about 15 minutes ago, beating Fridays high of 39.6. That is in Chiang Mai land. Temp is thankfully dropping now. Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozsamurai Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 My digital reads 37.1 in the shade still in Central BKK, bet a lot of sweating is going on in Silom. Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millwall_fan Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Can't believe the Temperature right now! Where are the rains? Oh for a bit of cool weather! Can't see what the temperature in Silom Rd has got to do with Chiang Mai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 You better go buy a new thermometer yours are no good at 16:00PM it was 41c. Source www.tmd.go.th/en. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainiain101 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 You better go buy a new thermometer yours are no good at 16:00PM it was 41c. Source www.tmd.go.th/en. I have 2 digital ones and they both have the same reading. We do have a lot of grass and that keeps the temprature lower around the house. Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rice_King Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 My temperature reading at 41c (105.5 f) with just 18% humidity here at 4:41 PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hottest day on record same source www.tmd.go.th/en . 1 May 2005 42.4C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maejo Man Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Still a blistering 39 here at Maejo Manor, with a rapidly falling barometer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Where I am at the moment(Surin) it is a cool 37.7C at 16:00PM. The breeze is coming up along with the late afternoon thunderheads. After last night's welcomed rain for about 5 hours that had the frogs jumping and singing into this morning. May be I'll have and instant replay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWheelMan Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 You better go buy a new thermometer yours are no good at 16:00PM it was 41c. Source www.tmd.go.th/en. Same here at 5.00pm 41c. Not so bad for those in small apartments with aircon, easy to keep cool, but when you`re living in a large house like my family and I, it`s unbearable, even the aircon can`t cope. The tape water is running scolding hot, fans just blowing hot air, ceramic tile floor burn the feet when walking and metal door handles too hot to touch. Can the situation get any worse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asia_pilot Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Can the situation get any worse? Yes - we could have snow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 (edited) I live in a large house.. Either I hole up in one of the smaller rooms with the best airconditioner (the downstairs office room, which has a very nice Mitsubishi unit), OR I set the living room airconditioner to 28 or so and have the ceiling fan on. Then it's okay enough when staying near the cool floor. I normally don't run the living room aircon; we just put it there because we had one left over. It's not really designed to keep the whole area cool, but it makes a nice enough difference with the fan running as well. It's funny walking up the stairs; temperature goes up a full degree with every step. Also funny with temperatures higher than body temperatures is that normally cool surfaces feel warm to the touch... So even when touching metal, glass or granite, it feels warm.. Same for the 'cold' water coming out of the taps.. Edited May 9, 2010 by WinnieTheKhwai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaoPo Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hottest day on record same source www.tmd.go.th/en . 1 May 2005 42.4C Wunderground.com is expecting 43C coming Friday.................................: http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/48327.html LaoPo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWheelMan Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hottest day on record same source www.tmd.go.th/en . 1 May 2005 42.4C Wunderground.com is expecting 43C coming Friday.................................: http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/48327.html LaoPo Oh my God! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHulot Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Saraphi, 5:00 pm, 42°C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Thai metero always guesses low on the high - up to 5 degrees wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isanbirder Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 42 degrees in Buriram! (41 the past three days) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Can the situation get any worse? Yes - we could have snow..... Good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lung Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 kanchanaburi 42 outside - 40 inside just finish raining... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapguy Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 How bad is it? Now? Historically? Depends. For trends, search for "climate graphs" or "climographs" for Chiang Mai. If you eyeball them fairly carefully, you'll see that the current highs appear to be above "normal," which is an average in any case. If you are in the city, it is probably hotter than if you are in the country. For a more accurate comparison you'll have to do a lot of hard work with statistics you probably can't find easily, especially when you just want to dive into the shower. Solution: water the garden before/after the sun, close off the south side of your house, go to the pool (with a hat), have another lager (with ice), move to Alaska. Sarah Palin might have a spare room! Anyway, this, too, will pass! (and I hope that includes Sarah Palin!) Another thought! Not to be an environmental "ducky lucky," but interesting how the weather events posted casually on this site do match up with the trend forecasts with "global warming." On that note, I shall now repair to the frig for another............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo the Face Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 My temperature reading at 41c (105.5 f) with just 18% humidity here at 4:41 PM. Hello Arnold...... U B Keepin Cool >>>> wuf wuf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiterussian Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 (edited) Not so bad for those in small apartments with aircon, easy to keep cool, but when you`re living in a large house like my family and I, it`s unbearable, even the aircon can`t cope.The tap water is running scolding hot, fans just blowing hot air, ceramic tile floor burn the feet when walking and metal door handles too hot to touch. Can the situation get any worse? Crikey! I thought my house was hot! Im in Saraphi, (5:00 pm, 42°C) door handles inside are too hot to touch? phew! something aint right with your house design! I am curious - Do you have awnings to block direct sunlight hitting the walls outside? - pretty much every side of my house has those transparent awnings - extending the shade by about 4 or 5 foot. If you have a garden - build a pond?... To be honest i didnt even notice the heat today - but I usually just wear a pair of shorts, wrap around sarong, or thai yoga pants... and nowt else! Im quarter Scottish, so I am allowed to wear a skirt, the human balls have a wonderful heat exchange mechanism I reckon. ahhh I love it when I am right: a quick google: RELATION OF VASCULAR HEAT EXCHANGE TO TEMPERATURE REGULATION IN THE TESTIS OF THE RAMG. M. H. WAITES and G. R. MOULE Summary.: The blood flowing through the internal spermatic artery of the ram has been shown to cool by 5.2°C (range 4.5° to 5.8°C) between the aorta and the dorsal pole of the testis when testicular temperatures are 33.3° to 34.7°C. Most of the cooling occurs in the coiled portion of the artery in the spermatic cord where the venous blood returning from the testis through the pampiniform plexus warms by a similar amount. It is concluded that the vascular arrangement in the spermatic cord of the ram is a remarkably efficient heat-exchange system. Edited May 9, 2010 by whiterussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 37c inside my brick built single storey house here in Mae Jo at 8:20pm. Tap water runs warm for a bit until what was heated in the pipes clears but to be honest, we don't have A/C out of choice and when it's really hot like now, we just turn on the ceiling fans and then stir them with a crossflow from floor fans and it's not too bad. Wish it would rain though...... Cheers, Pikey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Not so bad for those in small apartments with aircon Don't be so sure. When it is this hot, sometimes they are almost useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinrada Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Need to get the pool finished before next visit.... right lights......where to buy in Chiang Mai...pref LEDs...?...anyone Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 My digital recorded 42.3 as today's high and 37 in my livingroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidOxon Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Need to get the pool finished before next visit....right lights......where to buy in Chiang Mai...pref LEDs...?...anyone Thanks Make sure you give it plenty of shade! the 25m pool at Wang Tan is uncomfortably warm at the moment, not at all refreshing! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcent Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 baptism by fire? It feels much hooter than it actually is. El Nino effects too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsjourney Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Righty ho, we just got back from England this evening, so we won't be rushing around then. One of our aircon units' pipes was eaten by something while we were away, but the other works fortunately. Almost zero tourists on the plane and in immigration by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Heat index with the humidity makes it worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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