Bangkok, Meteorological Department stated Thailand weather conditions It won't get any hotter than this. Because there are signs of changing seasons From summer to rainy season The average temperature in 2024 was 0.7-1.1 degrees Celsius higher than normal. As for the train tracks in the southern region being bent, Caused by extreme heat make the steel stretch This is possible because the southern region is hot because there is very little rainfall. Mr. Somkuan Tonchan, Director of the Weather Inspection and Surveillance Division, said that The wind direction that covers Thailand begins to fluctuate, signaling the changing of the seasons. From summer to rainy season Between now and May 11th, a summer storm watch is required due to low-level winds. There are many currents blowing into each other. At the upper level, there are westerly wind waves blowing over upper Thailand. clouds and rain increase It will fall in a short time. Evening to dusk But it hasn't fallen all over the area yet. What you have to be ca reful of is Strong wind gusts and hail are possible. Damage may occur. Especially in the northeastern, central, eastern, Bangkok and surrounding areas, when there is rain, it will help relieve the extremely hot weather. The Meteorological Department expects that The country will enter the rainy season in the 4th week of May. So the hottest period has passed. The temperature won't go any higher. The highest temperature in summer 2024 is 44.2 degrees Celsius in Thoen District. Lampang Province on April 22, which has not yet broken the record previously recorded at 44.6 degrees Celsius in Mae Hong Son Province in 2016 and in Tak Province in 2023, with 41 areas with the highest temperature breaking the previous summer record. For the average temperature this summer Higher than normal by approximately 0.7 - 1.1 degrees Celsius according to each region. As for the incident where train tracks in the South were bent due to the extreme heat causing the steel to expand, it is believed that this was due to accumulate d heat. Although the average temperature in the southern region is not the highest. But the amount of rain that falls in the southern region is less and has been gone for a long time, causing heat to accumulate. While the Department of Climate Change and Global Environment stated that The impact of climate change is becoming more and more evident. This makes extreme climate events likely to become more frequent and more intense. This is a result of the world's average temperature increasing by approximately 1.1 degrees Celsius compared to before the Industrial Revolution in 1850, which all countries faced problems with. including Thailand as well In addition, from research by the Department of Climate Change and Environment and the Regional Climate Change and Renewable Energy Research Center. Ramkhamhaeng University (RU-CORE) predicts that Thailand's average temperature will increase by 2 - 3 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. What is worrisome is Thailand will be the country that will be among the most affected in the world. Source: Thai News Agency