December 2005 was an unusually poor weather month. Usually the weather would be very settled and mostly sunny warm days, and little chance of rain. December 2005 had very unsettled weather with most days cloudy, many days with rain and some very windy periods. The first 19 days had the worst of the weather, almost no sun and 2 really horrible days on 15 & 16 December. The last 10 days of December had the best of the sunshine. 12 rainy days and 8 very sunny days. First half of the month medium 29 – 30 C. The sunny days had warm to hot 31 – 34 C. Seas at the beaches were mostly light waves to very calm.

Detailed December 2005 weather reports (day by day) @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/December_2005.html

November 2005 had most days with mixed sun and clouds, and very few days with good sunshine. No really bad rainy days. 13 days with some sort of rain (I don’t count days with just a few spots of rain) spread through November. The best days for sunshine were from 6 – 10 November. Most days were cool to warm from 27 – 31 C. Seas at the beaches were mostly light waves to very calm.

Detailed November 2005 weather reports (day by day) @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/November_2005.html

October 2005 was a typically rainy season month, with most days cloudy and very few days with good sunshine. 13 days with some sort of rain (I don’t count days with just a few spots of rain) mostly in the first half of October. The worst rainy days on 4, 8, 15, 18 October. There were only 6 bright sunny days, with mixed or lighter clouds and another 6 days with part day sunshine. Most days were warm from 29 – 33 C. Seas at the beaches were mostly light waves, only from 3 – 5 October had bigger waves.

Detailed October 2005 weather reports (day by day) @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/October_2005.html

September 2005 was much drier than expected, and continued the dry trend of this 2005 ‘rainy’ season. Only had 8 days with some sort of rain (I don’t count days with just a few spots of rain) mostly in the second half of September. There were only 2 horrible days with all or half-day rain, on 17 & 18 September, the start of the 4 worst days of the month from 17 – 20 September. There were 8 bright sunny days, with mixed lighter clouds. The other 14 days had mixed sun & clouds. Most days were warm from 29 – 35 C. Seas at the beaches ranging from near calm to quite rough waves. Another quite good weather month for the tourists.

Detailed September 2005 weather reports (day by day) @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/September_2005.html

Patong Beach – 9 September 2005 (about 15.00)

August 2005 was quite a dry ‘rainy’ season month and only had 9 days with some sort of rain (I don’t count days with just a few spots of rain) mostly from 19 – 31 August 2005. There were no days with all or half-day rain, just short (30+ minute) rain showers. Most days were bright with mixed sun & clouds. There were 9 really nice sunny days with all day or part day sunshine. Most days were warm from 29 – 34 C. Seas at the beaches ranging from medium to very rough waves. Note that we had 2 hazy days on 15 & 16 August 2005 from burning tree smoke in Sumatra, Indonesia. A very good weather month for the tourists.

Detailed August 2005 weather reports (day by day) @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/August_2005.html

Patong Beach – about 15.00 on 6 August 2005

July 2005 was a typical rainy season month having 14 days with some sort of rain. There were 3 very bad days with heavy rain showers & stormy conditions (4, 5 & 31 July 2005). There were 22 nice days with all day or part day sunshine. Most days were warm from 29 – 34 C. Seas at the beaches ranging from medium to very rough waves during the first half of the month, and mostly light waves through the second half of the month.

Detailed July 2005 weather reports (day by day) @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/July_2005.html

June 2005 was mostly a cloudy and rainy month, with very few sunny days. Far the worst June weather that I can remember. No days with all-days rain, mostly just short and light rain showers. I estimate 22 days with some sort of rain, the worst weather period from 1 – 20 June with heavy cloud and always the chance of rain. Slightly better weather from 21 – 30 June, only 27 June with some rain and the other days with mixed sun and clouds. Best days 21 & 22 June. Wide range of temperatures through the month from 27 – 33 C. Seas at the beaches ranging from light to medium waves.

Detailed June 2005 weather reports (day by day) @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/June_2005.html

May 2005 is the first month of the rainy season and this year’s May had much worse weather than we would expect. A really horrible 10-day period from 7 – 16 May 2005 with no sun, dull days, stormy and persistent rain periods. A total of 15 days with some sort of rain, 1 – 3, 7 - 16, 30 – 31. Other days mostly mixed sun & clouds. Best days for sun 20 – 22, 27 – 28 May 2005. Monthly average temperatures from 29 – 32 C. The sea was rough on many days during the month

Detailed May 2005 weather reports (day by day) and some weather images @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/May_2005.html

April 2005 had mostly sunny days throughout the month. 8 days with some sort of rain, mostly just short rain showers. 4, 11, 24, 25 & 27 April had the light rain during day hours, and 9, 15 & 17 had heavier evening rain for a short time. Monthly average temperatures from 32 – 34 C. The sea was mostly calm during the whole month

Detailed April 2005 weather reports (day by day) and some weather images @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/April_2005.html

March 2005 gave us an earlier than expected transition from the fine sunny days during the first half of the month, to more cloudy days with mixed sun & cloud during the last half of the month. Only one day with rain on 5 March, when a sudden rainstorm blew in about 15.00 and lasted for about an hour. Monthly average temperatures from 30 – 34 C. The sea was mostly calm during the whole month

Detailed March 2005 weather reports (day by day) and some weather images @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/March_2005.html

February 2005 was a typical dry season month. No days with rain (not a drop) and all days had sunshine. Only the 19 February was a cloudy day. Temperatures 30 – 34 C. The sea was very calm during the whole month

Detailed February 2005 weather reports (day by day) and some weather images @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/February_2005.html

January 2005 was a typical dry season month. No days with rain (not a drop) and most days had sunshine. The first half of the month had mixed sun and clouds (some days quite cloudy). The second half of the month was al sunshine. Temperatures 30 – 32 C. The sea was very calm during the whole month

Detailed January 2005 weather reports (day by day) and some weather images @ http://www.alexmalcolm.net/weather_files/January_2005.html

December 2004 was much as expected for a dry season month. 8 day with some limited rain mostly later in afternoon for just a few minutes. 11 December was the worst day, dull all day and rain most of the afternoon. All other days had lots of sunshine and warm 30 – 32 C temperatures. The sea was very calm during the whole month, with the exception of a few terrible minutes on the morning of 26 December 2004 when 4 Tsunami waves struck most of the beaches on Phuket killing many people and damaging much property.