Originally Posted by
Shutree
Another very interesting observation. I was in Bangkok over 30 years ago and I cannot say that I really notice a huge difference in the weather between then and now. However, the gf grew up here in Isan and she insists that it gets hotter here now than it did 40 years ago. She says that when she was young temperatures in the 30s Centigrade were already high. She insists that they never saw teperatures touch 40 degrees back then, whereas now they do.
I have never looked into the data to confirm her claims. Certainly she isn't the only one who talks about it being hotter and here, the locals being close to the land, I suspect they are correct.