Cambodia has three seasons; summer mild, summer turbo and summer with rain. Summer mild is the time to come for a short visit, but you have to be quick; it can come and go in a couple of weeks any time between mid-November and early January. Temperatures plunge to 25 degrees, sending the locals into their winter wardrobe for ski jackets and such like.
Summer turbo starts around January and happily builds up in heat, peaking in April and not letting up until the rains come in May. 'Peaking' means 40+ degrees often; high 30's in the shade always. Sue and I are kinda 'over it' in the heat department, and longing for monsoon rains that help pull the temperature down a few degrees.
We've had a couple of good downpours recently, and yesterday again we had rumblings and lightning - that turned into a lot of hot air. A typical 'summer with rain' day is hot and muggy, with cloud buildup in the early afternoon and then 30-40 minutes of torrential rain around 3pm. June until October is our rainy time, when trips into the province can turn into a mudslide and trips around town can be like wild-water rafting with the road somewhere underneath.
Today was my first 'more power' experience with a motorised, bladed weed-eater that I bought from a nice American guy. No more hedge-clipping the lawns; 5-10 minutes of raw power did the job. The pic does not quite show it, but I was one drenched bloke after just these few minutes. Once the rains come the lawn needs a buzz every 10 days or so.
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