Phayao
Town in Phayao Province, Thailand
Phayao พะเยา ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ | |
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Town | |
เมืองพะเยา ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ | |
![]() Phayao city pillar shrine | |
![]() Location in Phayao Province | |
Country | Thailand |
Province | Phayao Province |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 19,118 |
Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
Area code | 54 |
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Phayao (Thai pronunciation: [pʰā.jāw]) is a city (thesaban mueang) in northern Thailand, capital of Phayao Province. For administrative purposes the city is divided into 15 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 172 administrative villages.
Phayao | |
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![]() "Phayao" in Thai language (top) and Northern Thai with Tai Tham script (bottom) | |
Thai name | |
Thai | พะเยา |
RTGS | Phayao |
Northern Thai name | |
Northern Thai | ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ (Phayuao) |
The town is on the shore of the Phayao Lake.[1] It dates back to the semi-independent city-state (mueang), founded between 900 and 1,000 years ago.[1]
As of 2005 Phayao had a population of 19,118. Phayao lies 726 km north of Bangkok.[2]
Climate
Climate data for Phayao (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 34.3 (93.7) | 37.1 (98.8) | 39.7 (103.5) | 42.0 (107.6) | 41.7 (107.1) | 40.0 (104.0) | 37.2 (99.0) | 35.6 (96.1) | 35.2 (95.4) | 36.1 (97.0) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.6 (92.5) | 42.0 (107.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.4 (84.9) | 32.2 (90.0) | 34.8 (94.6) | 35.8 (96.4) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.0 (89.6) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.1 (88.0) | 29.9 (85.8) | 28.3 (82.9) | 32.0 (89.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.0 (73.4) | 26.5 (79.7) | 28.6 (83.5) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 23.2 (73.8) | 20.6 (69.1) | 25.4 (77.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 19.4 (66.9) | 22.9 (73.2) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 18.3 (64.9) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.4 (68.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) | 7.0 (44.6) | 8.5 (47.3) | 16.0 (60.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 12.6 (54.7) | 6.9 (44.4) | 2.5 (36.5) | 2.5 (36.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.3 (0.56) | 7.4 (0.29) | 34.8 (1.37) | 82.6 (3.25) | 178.4 (7.02) | 100.4 (3.95) | 142.9 (5.63) | 215.7 (8.49) | 197.4 (7.77) | 124.6 (4.91) | 35.4 (1.39) | 15.8 (0.62) | 1,149.7 (45.26) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 12.2 | 9.6 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 88.5 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 76.0 | 66.8 | 60.9 | 64.2 | 74.2 | 77.3 | 80.3 | 83.3 | 84.3 | 83.9 | 81.3 | 79.6 | 76.0 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 272.8 | 257.1 | 275.9 | 243.0 | 198.4 | 117.0 | 120.9 | 117.8 | 144.0 | 179.8 | 216.0 | 251.1 | 2,393.8 |
Mean daily sunshine hours | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 6.6 |
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[3] Feb–May record highs and lows 1951–2022;[4] [5] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010)[6](extremes)[7] |
References
- ^ a b "Phayao". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Distance phayao bangkok". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ Thai Meteorological Department. "สถิติอุณหภูมิสูงที่สุดในช่วงฤดูร้อนของประเทศไทยระหว่าง พ.ศ. 2494 - 2565" [Extreme maximum temperature during summer season in Thailand (1951 - 2022)] (PDF). TMD website. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ Thai Meteorological Department. "Extreme minimum temperature during winter season in Thailand 71 year period (1951 - 2021);" (PDF). TMD website. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "ปริมาณการใช้น้ำของพืชอ้างอิงโดยวิธีของ Penman Monteith (Reference Crop Evapotranspiration by Penman Monteith)" (PDF) (in Thai). Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department. p. 13. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Climatological Data for the Period 1981–2010". Thai Meteorological Department. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
External links
Phayao travel guide from Wikivoyage
19°9′55″N 99°54′13″E / 19.16528°N 99.90361°E / 19.16528; 99.90361
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