Rainfall in September?

[gottalovetransexuals]

well persuaded some mates to come out with me in september!
but ive noticed its pretty damn rainy during this time of year! any of you guys been out at this time??
if so where and how bad is rain?
cheers guys in advance

[stogie bear]

Bring a brolly!  

[gottalovetransexuals]

its really that bad then?
does it piss down all day or is it heavy showers??

[stogie bear]

There really isn't a bad time to visit Thailand. Traditionally, the high season is when the weather is generally at its coolest and driest, from October to April. This is when hotel rates are at their highest, and the main tourist destinations at their most crowded.

Tradition also has it that the worst time to visit is during the rainy season which starts in earnest in May or June and lasts until September or so. This particular piece of traditional wisdom is not entirely accurate. During the rainy season, it may rain for only an hour or less each day, usually in the late afternoon. Yes, the downpours are drenching, but they are short lived and you get up to an hour's notice that they are coming -- if it starts to get dark at 4:00 in the afternoon, run for cover! We're not talking cold showers here either. The rainy season is still quite hot, so the rains can sometimes be warmer than you might be used to in your bath at home.

The rainy season is actually an annual monsoon that moves east and northward in the first half of the year before shifting south and west in the second half. This means that when the rains are their heaviest on Phuket in May they are still rather light in Samui and haven't even started in Chiang Mai.

Hope this helps!

[gottalovetransexuals]

thanks stogie!
if its just showers then that aint gonna put me off, just couldn,t handle constant rain! im from wales and we get a fair bit of the wet stuff down here!!!
will be down phuket and ko sumui(sp) areas and cant f wait!

[Snick]

Phuket and Samui get different rainfall patterns, in September definetly go to Samui over Phuket. Phuket also gets a bad riptide during the Monsoon season.

[Guest]

I have spent 7 or 8 days in Pattaya at various times in September and got rain one time, that being September of last year.  What is lacking is the onshore breeze that dries you off during the months of December and January.

Hotels are cheaper, far fewer tourists, less ladies  and LBs as well but enough to go 'round.  I think they are hungrier too.  Also Beach Road and Second road don't get backed up like they do in the high season.  The atmosphere is much more relaxed, IMHO.

[Road Runner]

(stogie bear @ Apr. 09 2006,15:11) Yes, the downpours are drenching, but they are short lived and you get up to an hour's notice that they are coming -- if it starts to get dark at 4:00 in the afternoon, run for cover!

The really big downpours could last a couple of hours and tend to flood the streets out. It does not happen all that often though.

You could be faced with being trapped in a bar with a bunch of sex starved ladyboys

RR.