December Weather and Diving
December 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014
After a usual, very nice and sunny December 2021 December 2022 and 2023 were just as October and November: lots of wind,
more rain and less sun than usual. We had about average 19 really sunny days and 9 partly sunny days. We had only 3 overcast days.
However we had lots more rain than usual, both during the day and night. Temperatures were very
comfortable in the low thirties every day with a nice cool seabreeze. Not too warm or humid.
All in all it weas a not so nice month. Sea temperatures were as normal around 28-29 degrees Centigrade at our local sites,
but in the Similans area sea temperatures were extremely low. down tp 20 on occasion just like the really chilly 2019 conditions.
With 23 days with a moderate or strong wind we also had an above averge number of days where the wind affected diving.
Exceptionally on 8 days we could not dive at Kata Beach and on 7 days
we could not dive in the King Cruiser-Shark Point area.
In 2022 on 10 days we could not dive at our housereef and in the King Cruiser-Shark Point area and on 2 more days we had bad conditions
at Kata Beach. In 2022 on 1 day we even could only dive at Racha Noi and Racha Yai.
In 2021 dive at all destinations on all days, although conditions at the housereef were not really good on 3 days.
In 2020 we could on only 1 day not comfortably dive in the King Cruiser-Shark Point area, in 2019 that happened on
2 days. On one day conditions at the housereef were unsafe, on a few more days due to rain runoff visibility was
really bad. In 2018 on all days we could dive at all destinations. In 2017 on 2 days we could not dive in the
King Cruiser-Shark Point area, on 5 days we could no safely and comfortably reach Richelieu Rock and on 2 days we
could not dive at the housereef. In 2016 on 1 day we were limited to Racha Yai and on 1 other day we could not dive
at our housereef here in Kata Beach, in 2015 we could not dive in the Shark point area for 5 consecutive days,
in 2014 we were on 1 day limited to Racha Yai, on 1 day we could besides Racha Yai also reach Phi Phi and on 1 day
there was no diving possible in the Shark Point area and Koh Tachai and Richelieu Rock, in 2013 we could reach
all divesites including our housereef here in Kata safely every day.
| Sun | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Sunny days, dry | 12 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 7 | |
| Sunny days, rain in the evening | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Partially sunny/cloudy, dry | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | |
| Partially sunny/cloudy, rain in the evening | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Partially sunny/cloudy, some rain during the day | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |
| Overcast days, dry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Overcast days with rain in the evening | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Overcast days with some rain during the day | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Overcast, wet days | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wind | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Days without wind or with a slight breeze | 8 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 15 | |
| Days with a moderate or strong wind | 23 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 16 | |
| Temperature | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Outside temperature (centigrade) | 29-35 | 27-33 | 30-34 | 26-33 | 31-34 | 29-35 | 29-33 | 27-34 | 31-34 | 29-34 | |
| Average temperature (centigrade) | 33.3 | 31.6 | 32.7 | 31.3 | 32.7 | 32.9 | 31.7 | 31.8 | 32.4 | 31.8 |
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