November Weather and Diving
November 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010
After an excellent November 2018 this year November was not as nice: more rain, albeit most fell late afternoon or during the night, but that rain was accompanied with stronger winds as well. The weather this year really resembled 2017. But all in all we still had 14 completely sunny days and 28!! at least partially sunny days. If only for the wind and rain later in the day. On 10 days we had some rain during the day and on 10 more days rain at night or in the evening, and only 2 really overcast days.
At the beginning of the month the wind was quite normal for a November, mostly relatively calm, but towards the end it got stronger, as mentioned especially during the heavy rainshowers we encountered in the late afternoon and at night. This did affect the diving as well, this year on all but one day we could go diving at our houserreef, but on 14 days the conditions there were not nice, and on 2 days we could not dive in the King Cruiser/Shark Point area. This compared to 2018 where on all days we could reach all destinations safely, albeit a bit rocky sometimes, but one day we could not dive at our housereef here at Kata Beach. This happened to also be the case in 2017, all destinations possible every day, but one day no diving at Kata Beach. In 2012 we could go diving at all destinations on all days, in 2013 on 2 days we cancelled all diving because of the weather conditions, in 2014 we could reach all daytrip and liveaboard destinations every day, but on 4 days we could not dive here at our housereef in Kata Beach, in 2015 on 2 days we could not safely and comfortably dive in the King Cruiser/Shark Point area (and of course also not at our housereef on those days), but in 2017 and 2018 we could reach all destinations every day except for one day at our housereef in Kata Beach.
| Sun | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
| Sunny days, dry | 8 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Sunny days, rain in the evening | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| Partially sunny/cloudy, dry | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Partially sunny/cloudy, rain in the evening | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Partially sunny/cloudy, some rain during the day | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Overcast days, dry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Overcast days with rain in the evening | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Overcast days with some rain during the day | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Overcast, wet days | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Wind | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
| Days without wind or with a slight breeze | 19 | 24 | 20 | 29 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 21 |
| Days with a moderate or strong wind | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Temperature | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
| Outside temperature (centigrade) | 29-34 | 30-35 | 27-34 | 28-34 | 29-33 | 28-35 | 27-34 | 28-32 | 29-33 | 27-32 |
| Average temperature (centigrade) | 32.4 | 33.0 | 31.3 | 32.3 | 31.7 | 32.6 | 31.7 | 31.1 | 31.5 | 30.1 |
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