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
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 |
| Phayao | |
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| 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
edit| Climate data for Phayao (1991–2020, extremes 1981-present) | |||||||||||||
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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) |
36.7 (98.1) |
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
edit- ^ 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
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Phayao travel guide from Wikivoyage
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