Rain In Krabi?

[jkzero]

can any locals tell m what the rain is like here? is it likely to be tropical - a couple of hours in the afternoon or is it more likely to rain for a full day or two?

[reflectionx]

I am not a local, but have been there 4 times last year. I've never seen it raining for a full day, have only seen the tropical rain ... Interesting, in June, during the rainy season, did not have a single drop of rainfall for 2 weeks

Not much in mid April either, same for the beginning of October. It rained a lot at the end of November.

Can't wait to go back, today is 27C below the freezing here

[taninthai]

June,July,august is great weather and not really rainy season,the rainy season for krabi is really oct,nov and December although you can get a 3-4 day storm blow in anytime between may - oct

[jkzero]

thanks mate, guess it looks like some of that from sunday / monday.. could be a good time to nip back to phuket.

[SantiSuk]

February was horrendous in the region last year. The South was cut off from the North by road for 36 hours.

I gave up an intended 10 day holiday in Phuket and drove back home to sunny Issaan after 3 days (and by the way the weather has been absolutely gorgeous in this part of Lower Issaan for over 5 weeks - dry and sunny every day; way better than Bangkoks sweaty smog that I had to endure two days of last week).

We forget that monsoons (weather generally come to that) happen differently in different parts of Thailand.

[juggernaut]

Jan - Mar are driest months. Other months rain is mostly tropical - ie., afternoon short downpours. Can get some storms blow in which bring heavy rain for several days running during May-Nov. But if you are worried about the rain, just duck back to Phuket. It never rains there

[jkzero]

thanks for the tip juggs, i'm not going to phuket to avoid the rain, i'm going choosing a time to go to phuket (to see people) when krabi doesn't have favourable weather for fun outdoors things.

[juggernaut]

ur welcome. no need to explain - was just being cheeky

[taninthai]

So much for rain on sun/mon my thermometer is showing 32 degrees in the shade today ,which makes it the hottest day of the season so far.

[juggernaut]

and this morning started out so nicely (nice cool breeze)

[likewise]

it's been very hot last couple of days, actually waiting for some rain, but none in sight yet, my plantation needs rain

[juggernaut]

what kind of plantation? palm oil?

[likewise]

yes palm oil, and in need of some rain right now