OUR CAMBODIAN CLIMATE

OUR CAMBODIAN CLIMATE

Like all countries in the Southeast Asian region, the climate in Cambodia is hot, or at least warm. The hottest month is April, when temperatures reach their highest point at midday. For farmers, this is the time when the heat makes it impossible to work in the fields, even with a hat on. The coolest months, on the other hand, are December and January when temperature reach their lowest point during the night.

Cambodia has two seasons, the dry and rainy. During the dry season, from November to April, the wind blows from the northeast and the skies are clear almost every day. During the rainy season, from May to October, the wind blows from the southeast bringing rain almost every day. Even when it doesn’t actually rain, clouds block the sun and bring down temperatures during much of the day.

Clearly the weather is not going to be the same every year. When it isn’t, however, some people think that the climate must be changing. Almost every year they either complain that the dry season is too dry and the rainy season is too wet or the dry season isn’t dry enough or the rainy season is/t wet enough. Too much rain or a sudden downpour come as a huge shock and they imagine it’s a terrible crisis. If there’s a flood, they panic and predict that the world is about to end.