Hot Season brings miserable hot wet wind from the sea

Much like the Texas Gulf, onshore hot season wind smothers Bangkok with heat and humidity. Even at the coolest time of the day the saturated air from the gulf to the south is close to 29C (surface sea temp, red), so sweat at body temperature will provide little cooling.

2015 a moderate hot season so far

Notwithstanding some excited tourist twitters on the subject, I fail to find anything special about hot season heat this year. In fact early rains have tended to moderate heat buildup. If SE Asia is being threatened by global warming, it is not showing up in Bangkok temperatures.

Red is temp at Don Muang, green is dew point. Temps are topping out at about 35 C. So far, anyway.

2015 a moderate hot season so far

Notwithstanding some excited tourist twitters on the subject, I fail to find anything special about hot season heat this year. In fact early rains have tended to moderate heat buildup. If SE Asia is being threatened by global warming, it is not showing up in Bangkok temperatures.

Red is temp at Don Muang, green is dew point. Temps are topping out at about 35 C. So far, anyway.

A wet pillow last night

This is my idea of the time to turn on an air conditioner, when you begin to sweat into your pillow in the middle of the night. Turns out the room temperature was 30 degrees (86 F), dew point 25, "wet rag" temp 27. This exceeds the limit for sub-sweating body temperature equilibrium when lying on a western-style mattress. (see free sample chapter for more on this).

A skinny Thai sleeping on a bamboo mat will be able to put up with more.

A wet pillow last night

This is my idea of the time to turn on an air conditioner, when you begin to sweat into your pillow in the middle of the night. Turns out the room temperature was 30 degrees (86 F), dew point 25, "wet rag" temp 27. This exceeds the limit for sub-sweating body temperature equilibrium when lying on a western-style mattress. (see free sample chapter for more on this).

A skinny Thai sleeping on a bamboo mat will be able to put up with more.

Moral dangers at Songkran: you've been warned!

Songkran hot season holidays: Thai Moral Promotion Center describes “great danger from sexual assault due to inappropriate attire“ even as it suggests “it’s advisable to wear as little as possible ."

Hmmmm....

Moral dangers at Songkran: you've been warned!

Songkran hot season holidays: Thai Moral Promotion Center describes “great danger from sexual assault due to inappropriate attire“ even as it suggests “it’s advisable to wear as little as possible ."

Hmmmm....

Torrid weather on the way

According to the Thai Meteorological Department, this weeks fresh northerly breezes and rare thunderstorms will yield to an oppressive wave of heat, up to 44 degrees C, during the coming holidays of Songkram. Nice while it lasted, with night temperatures plunging to the high 70s F.

Torrid weather on the way

According to the Thai Meteorological Department, this weeks fresh northerly breezes and rare thunderstorms will yield to an oppressive wave of heat, up to 44 degrees C, during the coming holidays of Songkram. Nice while it lasted, with night temperatures plunging to the high 70s F.

Bangkok hot season

Following life through Bangkok's hot season -- without air conditioning. Well, most of the time.

I will try to keep this blog growing from now until the crazy peak of the hot season in April.

View from my bedroom follows. See the little circle? We'll be talking more about that place, my traditional teak Thai house right in the middle of the city, a study in thermal contrast.