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Weather forecasts, how the weather effects life and events in Chiang Mai and the seasons
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Chiang Mai May Update – Earthquakes and all
The May Holidays It’s already more than a month since Songkran, and the May holiday season is finally over along with the gay party week. The faithful got another good soaking with last Tuesday’s full moon when they took the annual night time walk up Doi Suteph mountain to celebrate Visakha Bucha Day, one of […]
Dreaming of a white Christmas?
The cool season has certainly arrived with a vengeance in Chiang Mai over the last week. Many ex-pats who’ve been here a while are saying this is the coldest they can remember. The situation has been made worse by unusually brisk winds earlier in the week. Of course, for many used to winters in the […]
Yee Peng – Bring an umbrella
Weather Warning Like last year, where the Yee Peng – Loy Khratong parades narrowly escaped a dousing which hit other parts of Chiang Mai, the government’s Meteorological Department has issued a weather warning for this weekend from 15- 17 November due to a tropical depression passing across the country. For Chiang Mai the chance of […]
Songkran is coming
Every year, for a hot week in April, Thailand’s northern city of Chiang Mai undergoes it’s metamorphosis from laid back garden city to the full blown party capital of Thailand. Chiang Mai has become famed for it’s wild and wet celebrations of Songkran, which centre around the moat surrounding the old city. We’re now a […]
Thailand Floods Update – Chiang Mai
If you have any interest in Thailand the floods that have devastated areas around Bangkok this autumn cannot have escaped your attention. Of course, by association people then wonder about flooding in Chiang Mai. Well, we’re pleased to report it’s situation normal here with the last traces of flooding being cleared up more than a […]
Sun-rising for High Season?
There is chatter in the air, wherever you go: tourists have been spotted in Chiang Mai! Yes, apart from the new floor at the Garden bar and Lisu boys working at Adam’s Apple, the main topic of conversation the last few days has been the noticeable increase in the number of visitors and people out […]
Chiang Mai – Update – the floods have gone!
Since our last report the floods have receded quickly in Chiang Mai and life is more or less normal again. Indeed, we are starting to see an all round improvement in the weather as we head towards cool season. This week has produced a lot of sunshine and cooler night time temperatures in the very […]
Chiang Mai – Flooding Update
After what seems to have been an interminably long rainy season this year, we were thinking the worst was over as we approach the end of September, but it was not to be. Following skillful management of the Ping river by the irrigation department all year, it finally overcame all and burst it’s banks in […]
It’s raining!
It’s raining! After all, it is rainy season and this year it seems that Chiang Mai is getting plenty. Earlier this month Tropical Storm “Nok Ten” caused limited flooding around Chiang Mai and the Ping River was at the absolute limit for breaching it’s banks around Narawat bridge. Fortunately, no serious flooding occurred in the […]