One of the most amazing things I have found about Thailand is that the temperature does not seem to vary, the nights are as hot as the days (sometimes seems hotter). I have always been curious about this after all how is possible to be as hot at night without any sun?
This phenomenon is also apparent when it has been a rainy day, so the heat rising from the ground doesn't seem to answer it.
2007-08-31 10:19:17 · 8 answers · asked by Geoff E 4 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Thailand
Thank you mouse for restating my question but I was looking for an answer as to why this happened. I promise to study Geography if you study English comprehension.
2007-09-01 08:15:45 · update #1
The day / night temperatures in Thailand do vary by a few degrees. When living there permanently, you notice it. If visiting, it may seem hot all the time.
The variance in day / night temperatures is actually smaller in other places that are closer to equator than Thailand is. An example is Lagos, Nigeria where there hardly is any deviation between a cloudy day and night time.
2007-09-01 03:56:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is in the tropics. It is hot and humid everywhere in the tropics and the season's temperature does not vary much between the maximum and minimum average all year round.
No offence - but I suggest you study geography a bit more.
EDIT: Ok Geoff E - you got a deal. English comprehension class I will go. Cheers
2007-09-01 02:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is typical tropical weather - the sun is nearer to the Earth towards the Equator and shines directly downwards not at a slant as further North.
The air heats and because of this gets very humid (full of water) so a "microwave" effect starts. Happens wherever a tropical country is also humid (Malaysia, Central America, The Congo, etc)
2007-08-31 17:32:07 · answer #3 · answered by morwood_leyland 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I still think it's all the greenhouse gases in Thailand.
Have you seen the haze over the city of Bangkok in the morning? That's probably what's keeping all the heat in.
Rainy days, same thing, the heat is already kept in by the gases and it's more humid, so it feels hotter than it really is.
2007-09-03 09:44:50 · answer #4 · answered by True T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heat will still radiate from the ground after the sun has 'gone down' because the ground has been warmed during the day.
If it has been raining the cloud layer acts as a blanket to retain heat.
2007-08-31 17:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by hersheba 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not so noticeable in the country or by the sea. In the city you have the 'storage heater effect' whereby the sun heats up the roads and buildings during the day and they dissipate this heat when the sun goes down.
2007-09-01 08:19:22 · answer #6 · answered by Daddybear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a self perpetuating circle,thailand as you know is in the tropics so nothing has a chance to cool off,so the temperature doesn't drop off much at night
A house doesn't go cold as soon as the boiler switches off
2007-09-01 02:44:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it's not cold yet'' NUT''
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2007-09-01 02:48:49 · answer #8 · answered by kay kay 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋