2befrank Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) I don't know what it is like where you are. But here in Korat city it has been the driest rainy season I can remember. We have had only three (what i would class as) heavy falls of rain thus far and even then you wouldn't have guessed it had rained by the next day. I don't even think it has rained two days in a row apart from maybe a little light drizzle. I can only remember two incidences of thunder. This is a major contrast to what it is normally like around these parts at this time of the year. Just checking the major dam around here (Lamtakong) to see it is at 40.70% capacity where normally I would expect 70% and up. The reservoir has increased but just by 1% in the past 20 days and 22% of that water is unusable for irrigation etc.... The chart shows that it is dropping, so there isn't even runoff coming into it... That is a first for a September. If it continues like this I can predict the farmers in the province having a real bad drought next season as next year is the El Nino year and it is expected to be very dry and I guess the powers that be will have been counting on having a nice full reservoir by the end of the rainy season. Which has probably less than 3 weeks to run for this area. 19% of usable water is not going to last them though to 2016. I can tell you that now. It won't even last till February. Normally love this time of year.... Usually don't have to get the hose pipe out for at least 6 weeks, but still having to water all the plants in the garden..... sigh. Edited September 22, 2014 by 2befrank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post i claudius Posted September 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2014 Same here in Pattaya ,never known it so dry. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namdocmai Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Same in Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2befrank Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 Seems the only place to have any noticeable rainfall was the far north but that was only for about a week... Most of it runs away. Korat can not even pump out of the ground because it is mostly salty in the water tables here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairastawoman Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 But do we have official statitics in this country to know how much it rainded this year ? Or they really know nothing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelaos Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Elnino Phenomenon 2014. Easy explanation. http://www.ibtimes.com/el-nino-explained-what-weather-phenomenon-whats-tap-2014-1613058 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca46 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 It is a little bit different up here in Udon Thani we have more than our fair share so far which is good for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Agreed on the Pattaya area,this time last year I was pumping water out, this year pumping it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newatthis Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Same here where I live in Ayutthaya. Last year there was about 5" of water across the front yard. This year, the local stream is about 2 metres lower than normal for the rainy season. Some heavy night thunderstorms save me from hosing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canopy Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 2014 has been a pretty decent year for rain in the mountains in Phetchabun. 1.4 meters (4.5 feet) of rain since March and no real long dry stretches. This is perhaps a normal amount of rainfall and vastly more than the last 2 years which were unusually dry. However, the rainy season seems to be fizzling out now with just some occasional light stuff (mid September) and if so will be the earliest the rains have ended as they normally go till November or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Interesting.... I live just south of Khorat, in the Chokchai area. We get a heavy rain for 1 -3 hours almost every afternoon / evening. It is rare to have a day dry enough to work in the garden. We are so close, but such different weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Good rainy days here around Na Dee, south of Khao Yai. Our ponds are full and we did not have to water the garden for the last three months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Have a look at the Thai Met Dept weather pages here http://www.tmd.go.th/en/province.php?id=8 Choose your region and province and you get yesterdays weather and if you right click onto archive you get a daily observation report and a daily rainfall report. Also on the front page click on the 30 year average and you will see the min ax max temperatures, amount of rainfall and number of rainy days. Ignore the 1961 to 1990 logo as it does get updated every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaleySabai Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 2-month drought on Vancouver Island ended last-night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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