Meteorological Dept warns of 38°C heat, haze and storms
Met Dept warns of hot, hazy weather with highs up to 38°C on March 2, 2026, plus isolated storms; summer storms due March 3–6.
Meteorological Department warns temperatures could rise to 38°C, with hot weather, daytime haze and thunderstorms in some areas.
Today’s weather is “unsettled”.
The Meteorological Department’s forecast for March 2, 2026, warns of hot conditions, with temperatures rising to 38°C and daytime haze. Some provinces will still see thunderstorms.
Over the next 24 hours, upper Thailand will be hot with daytime haze, with thunderstorms possible in some areas of the Northeast and the East, due to a heat-driven low-pressure system covering upper Thailand, while southwesterly and southerly winds continue to prevail. People in upper Thailand are advised to take care of their health due to the hot weather and to beware of thunderstorms.
For the lower South, thunderstorms are expected in some places because westerly and southwesterly winds prevail over the Andaman Sea, the South and the Gulf of Thailand.
In the Andaman Sea, waves are expected to be about 1 metre high, rising to more than 1 metre in thundershowers. Mariners in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea are advised to avoid sailing in areas with thunderstorms.
During March 3–6, 2026, summer storms are expected in upper Thailand, starting in the Northeast first. The East, the Central region, Bangkok and surrounding provinces, as well as the North, will be affected afterwards.
The storms may bring thunderstorms, strong gusty winds, hail, heavy rain in some areas, and lightning in some places.
This is because high pressure or a cool air mass from China has spread over southern China and is expected to move over the Northeast and the South China Sea tomorrow (March 3, 2026), while upper Thailand remains hot.
In addition, a westerly wind wave will move across the North and the upper Northeast.
Weather forecast for Thailand (06:00 today to 06:00 tomorrow)
Bangkok and vicinity
- Hot with daytime haze.
- Minimum temperature: 26–28°C
- Maximum temperature: 35–37°C
- Southerly winds: 10–15 km/h
Northern region
- Hot with daytime haze.
- Minimum temperature: 15–24°C
- Maximum temperature: 34–38°C
- Southwesterly winds: 5–15 km/h
ortheastern region
- Hot with daytime haze, with thunderstorms in 10% of the area, mainly in Sisaket and Ubon Ratchathani.
- Minimum temperature: 19–25°C
- Maximum temperature: 36–38°C
- Southwesterly winds: 10–15 km/h
Central region
- Hot with daytime haze.
- Minimum temperature: 21–26°C
- Maximum temperature: 36–38°C
- Southwesterly winds: 10–15 km/h
Eastern region
- Hot with daytime haze, with thunderstorms in 10% of the area, mainly in Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat.
- Minimum temperature: 24–28°C
- Maximum temperature: 33–38°C
- Southerly winds: 10–30 km/h
- Sea: waves below 1 metre; over 1 metre in thundershowers
Southern region (east coast)
- Thunderstorms in 10% of the area, mainly in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Yala and Narathiwat.
- Minimum temperature: 22–25°C
- Maximum temperature: 33–37°C
- Southwesterly winds: 10–30 km/h
- Sea: waves below 1 metre; over 1 metre in thundershowers
Southern region (west coast)
- Thunderstorms in 10% of the area, mainly in Trang and Satun.
- Minimum temperature: 23–25°C
- Maximum temperature: 33–36°C
- Westerly winds: 15–30 km/h
- Andaman Sea: waves around 1 metre; over 1 metre in thundershowers
