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NEW NORMAL? UNUSUAL WEATHER STRIKES AGAIN
•With • eighteen days gone in January, while Hua Hin has been largely spared the devastation that flooding HUA HIN
has caused further south, long term residents have been left scratching their heads at the amount of rain that has fallen on the area, in what is traditionally the driest month of the year. Hua Hin averages just 10 millimetres of rain normally this month, and to date has already received nearly seven times that amount, with around 67 millimetres having fallen, with about two thirds of that falling in just one 24 hour period (9th and 10th January). However figures from last year suggest that a ‘new normal’ may be emerging, because in January 2016 a total of 116 millimetres rain fell, with the majority of that coming in just three days, 7th to 9th January. In 2015, and for at least ten years preceding that, this figure was at most around 3 millimetres and in several years zero. While this potential new weather pattern could upset tourism somewhat, it is certainly needed in terms of the water supply, and hopefully the dams and reservoirs are now full, and able to cope with demand, something that certain areas of the town are well aware has not been the case historically - it will be hard for the water authority to now claim that there is not enough water! The weather forecast for the rest of January suggests that there will not be any more rain except possibly the odd localised shower, and it is likely that we are now settling in to the long dry period that usually runs until around April. We publish the forecast for the next seven days every week on page 4 of the paper, along with what the weather has been like in the rest of Thailand and around the world. The tourists and the industry that serves them will certainly be hoping that is the end of the rain, and so will the AWOL delivery boys!