Meteorological Department predicts winter season starting from the 3rd week of Oct 2024 to the end of Feb 2025, colder than last year, minimum temperature 6-8 degrees Celsius.
The Meteorological Department reported that this year’s winter season in Thailand is expected to begin in the upper part of Thailand around the end of the third week of October 2024, which is slightly later than the normal average, and will end around the end of February 2025.
The average minimum temperature in upper Thailand is around 20-21 degrees Celsius, which is about 1 degree Celsius higher than normal (normal is 19.9 degrees Celsius) and will be colder than last year (last year was 21.6 degrees Celsius). The lowest temperature is around 6-8 degrees Celsius, mostly in the upper part of both the North and the Northeast. The tops of mountains and hills, including mountain ranges, will be cold to very cold and frost can occur frequently. As for Bangkok, the lowest temperature is 16-18 degrees Celsius and the surrounding area is 14-
16 degrees Celsius. The coldest period is around early December 67 to January 68.
The South will have cool weather in some areas, mostly in the upper part of the region, but there will continue to be heavy rain, especially on the east coast in November and December, with heavy rain in many areas and very heavy in some areas, which will cause flash floods, forest runoff, and overflowing rivers in many areas. As for the waves in the Gulf of Thailand, they will be strong at times, with waves 2-3 meters high in some areas. The Andaman Sea will have waves 1-2 meters high.
From December to January, the weather will be colder. The northern and northeastern regions will have cold weather almost everywhere and very cold weather in the upper part of the region. The central and eastern regions will have cold weather almost everywhere, mostly in the upper part of the region. In the middle of February, the weather will be unstable, starting to get warmer and starting to get hot in many areas during the day.
Source: Th
ai News Agency