30c...60% Humidity...7am Here comes the heat...
30c...60% Humidity...7am Here comes the heat...
So much for the cool season, it lasted about 10 days in total. My outside temperature gauge shows the overnight low last night was 26.9c with 75% humidity, and that was at 6am. By 8pm it was all over, 29.6 @ 63% humidity. The daytime high yesterday was 34.8, and that is in total shade and with a lot of cloud cover too!
We are now on the cusp of the ever-increasing hot season with in-the-sun-heats of +40c and surface temperatures on the roads of even more. We are living in an oven with a very dodgy temperature setting.
This country would be so much better at 5 degrees centigrade below the current temperature, year round. Sadly, it seems to be going in the other way. Much like parts of southern Europe, which now has to deal with such high temperatures as to knock their tourist industry peak months of its perch, last year's hot season was the hottest I have seen (my electricity bills confirm that with a 25% increase). Many of my regular haunts became very unpleasant as their AC units couldn't cope. Outside bars were miserably hot; fans do nothing at 40c. I vowed never to do another Mar-May, and reading the current runes, that is still on the cards.
The world is seeing some alarming climate behaviour with record highs blowing out the previous records by whole degrees, not just fractions of a degree. Normally temperate areas are having periods of heat hitherto unseen - and nobody is prepared for it - and areas used to high temperatures are seeing consistent highs over long periods; Phoenix* recorded 55 days in a row with temperatures reaching 110F / 43.3c I have never been to Phoenix, but I bet 95% of consumer spaces have excellent AC (>25c). Not so PP. In fact, very few places do. Many have units, but few can (or are prepared to) get the place much below 30c.
At what temperature point does this place become uninhabitable to you, without 12-24-hour AC? How many people can sleep with overnight temperatures of ~30c without AC? How many want to pay the EDC bills that come with comfortable indoor temperatures?
Personally, I am getting close to giving this place a miss for at least 4/5 months of the year - March to July inclusive - and that throws up residency issues as I won't want to pay rent for those 4/5 months and so it could mean moving every year. A €750pm apartment in Spain, for Mar/Apr/ May - with an onsite pool, beaches, great shops, food, bars, restaurants, cheap wine and easy transport. It is looking very tempting, and there are plenty of places available in the shoulder season. June and July in London, and then back here for the rains. Idyllic...
For those with families and businesses here, getting out of dodge may not be an option.
*https://www.npr.org/2023/09/10/11986697 ... eat-record
We are now on the cusp of the ever-increasing hot season with in-the-sun-heats of +40c and surface temperatures on the roads of even more. We are living in an oven with a very dodgy temperature setting.
This country would be so much better at 5 degrees centigrade below the current temperature, year round. Sadly, it seems to be going in the other way. Much like parts of southern Europe, which now has to deal with such high temperatures as to knock their tourist industry peak months of its perch, last year's hot season was the hottest I have seen (my electricity bills confirm that with a 25% increase). Many of my regular haunts became very unpleasant as their AC units couldn't cope. Outside bars were miserably hot; fans do nothing at 40c. I vowed never to do another Mar-May, and reading the current runes, that is still on the cards.
The world is seeing some alarming climate behaviour with record highs blowing out the previous records by whole degrees, not just fractions of a degree. Normally temperate areas are having periods of heat hitherto unseen - and nobody is prepared for it - and areas used to high temperatures are seeing consistent highs over long periods; Phoenix* recorded 55 days in a row with temperatures reaching 110F / 43.3c I have never been to Phoenix, but I bet 95% of consumer spaces have excellent AC (>25c). Not so PP. In fact, very few places do. Many have units, but few can (or are prepared to) get the place much below 30c.
At what temperature point does this place become uninhabitable to you, without 12-24-hour AC? How many people can sleep with overnight temperatures of ~30c without AC? How many want to pay the EDC bills that come with comfortable indoor temperatures?
Personally, I am getting close to giving this place a miss for at least 4/5 months of the year - March to July inclusive - and that throws up residency issues as I won't want to pay rent for those 4/5 months and so it could mean moving every year. A €750pm apartment in Spain, for Mar/Apr/ May - with an onsite pool, beaches, great shops, food, bars, restaurants, cheap wine and easy transport. It is looking very tempting, and there are plenty of places available in the shoulder season. June and July in London, and then back here for the rains. Idyllic...
For those with families and businesses here, getting out of dodge may not be an option.
*https://www.npr.org/2023/09/10/11986697 ... eat-record
Re: 30c...60% Humidity...7am Here comes the heat...
Bloody pansy, I moved here for the weather, bring it on! I am definitely one of the air-con off wherever possible brigade.
I will concede however that the country would really benefit from more trees/shade, etc, but I find that more of an air quality thing than a temperature toleration issue.
I will concede however that the country would really benefit from more trees/shade, etc, but I find that more of an air quality thing than a temperature toleration issue.
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
Re: 30c...60% Humidity...7am Here comes the heat...
I agree it is unbearably hot and this morning at 8am I could feel the heat, the last few days have been nice up until 11am. I have a child at school, wife (visa nightmare, and an online job that would not allow me to work in Europe do to the time difference, although I could if I wanted to.
I remember we had a really cold season this time about 7 years ago and it was nice but got boring after a few months. Maybe it is a blip and will return to normal soon.
I remember we had a really cold season this time about 7 years ago and it was nice but got boring after a few months. Maybe it is a blip and will return to normal soon.
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Re: 30c...60% Humidity...7am Here comes the heat...
One of the main reasons I moved back to Cambodia was the weather. After four miserable winters in Sa Pa, Vietnam, I love the heat. Yes, I do need A/C when I sleep as I sweat like a pig, but I have no problem going birding, running, whatever outdoors.
Re: 30c...60% Humidity...7am Here comes the heat...
Whenever it gets a bit hot my mind wanders off to my earlier adventures in subarctic europe. What I discovered there was that I hate cold more than anything else.
Iow, bring on the heat!
Iow, bring on the heat!
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Re: 30c...60% Humidity...7am Here comes the heat...
Maybe I should 'winter' in northern Vietnam
Re: 30c...60% Humidity...7am Here comes the heat...
I fondly reminisce about UK winters and look at the news where people are trying to hide from the biting wind then I remember how fucking horrible it is. Snow is great, until you have to drive in it and all the other fucktards crash, but when it is miserable, wet and dark at 4pm it gets a little depressing.
So, all in all I much prefer the heat and sweating a bit.
Also, Kampot is a lot cooler than Phnom Penh!
So, all in all I much prefer the heat and sweating a bit.
Also, Kampot is a lot cooler than Phnom Penh!
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Re: 30c...60% Humidity...7am Here comes the heat...
Re: 30c...60% Humidity...7am Here comes the heat...
There are 3 phenomena making it hotter here;
-Climate change, which everyone is familiar with.
-El Nino/ La Nina. The weather systems in the western Pacific that make SE Asia wetter or drier depending on which one is active with a knock on effect on temperature.
-The Urban Heat Island. Phnom Penh used to be made up of low rise villas surrounded by gardens and trees. Must of these have been replaced by blocks of steel, glass and concrete, which absorb much more heat from the sun. Outside of Phnom Penh deforestation, farming and mining are making many places hotter.
Also if you're staying in different accommodation during each visit you may find it hotter or cooler depending on orientation (how much sun you get), layout (can heat dissipate, can breezes flow), external shade (from trees and other buildings), etc.
-Climate change, which everyone is familiar with.
-El Nino/ La Nina. The weather systems in the western Pacific that make SE Asia wetter or drier depending on which one is active with a knock on effect on temperature.
-The Urban Heat Island. Phnom Penh used to be made up of low rise villas surrounded by gardens and trees. Must of these have been replaced by blocks of steel, glass and concrete, which absorb much more heat from the sun. Outside of Phnom Penh deforestation, farming and mining are making many places hotter.
Also if you're staying in different accommodation during each visit you may find it hotter or cooler depending on orientation (how much sun you get), layout (can heat dissipate, can breezes flow), external shade (from trees and other buildings), etc.
Scarier than malaria.
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Re: 30c...60% Humidity...7am Here comes the heat...
I want to come home. I’ve been in Europe since October. It’s been -2° to +5° fro the last few weeks. Back in the UK for a week, it’s wind, driving rain, driving drizzle, driving me nuts.
I’m cold.
I’m cold.
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