Phetchabun
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Phetchabun
เพชรบูรณ์ | |
|---|---|
 Phra Phuttha Maha Thammaracha | |
  Phetchabun Location within Thailand | |
| Coordinates: 16°25′1″N 101°9′12″E / 16.41694°N 101.15333°E | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Provinces | Phetchabun Province |
| District | Mueang Phetchabun District |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 23,823 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Website | http://www.nakornban.net/ |
Phetchabun is a town (thesaban mueang) in Thailand, the capital of Phetchabun Province. It covers the tambon Nai Mueang of the Phetchabun District, along the Pa Sak River. As of 2005, it had a population of 23,823. Phetchabun lies 340 km (210 mi) north of Bangkok.
Etymology
[edit]Initially the province was called "Phe-cha-buth" as "Phuenchapura"[clarification needed], which means 'town that grows plenty of crops', as the province is very fertile.
History
[edit]Prince Damrong Rajanubhab described the old town as built in two periods on the same site. He thought the first probably dated from when Sukhothai or Phitsanulok was the capital. Its wall enclosed the river, as at Phitsanulok, and measured about 20 sen (800 m) a side. He took the second to date from the reign of Narai. Its forts and wall were of brick mixed with stone, similar in plan to Nakhon Ratchasima but smaller and lower, and the wall was drawn in inside the older line. Damrong read both as built against enemies from the north, with the rice fields lying south of the town. He added that the chronicles agreed, since the armies of Si Sattanakhanahut (Lan Xang) came down along the Pa Sak almost every time.[1]: 177–178
Geography
[edit]The Pa Sak River runs through the east side of Phetchabun from north to south. The town lies in a valley; the two ranges of the Phetchabun Mountains rise to both the east and west.
Climate
[edit]Phetchabun has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). Winters are dry and very warm. Temperatures rise until April, which is very hot with the average daily maximum at 37.2 °C (99.0 °F). The monsoon season runs from late April through early October, with heavy rain and somewhat cooler temperatures during the day, with nights remaining warm.
| Climate data for Phetchabun (1991–2020, extremes 1951-present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.6 (99.7) |
39.5 (103.1) |
42.2 (108.0) |
44.1 (111.4) |
43.4 (110.1) |
39.9 (103.8) |
37.8 (100.0) |
36.5 (97.7) |
37.2 (99.0) |
35.9 (96.6) |
37.3 (99.1) |
36.6 (97.9) |
44.1 (111.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.5 (90.5) |
34.7 (94.5) |
36.7 (98.1) |
37.6 (99.7) |
35.5 (95.9) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
33.8 (92.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.6 (76.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.2 (64.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.5 (72.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
12.1 (53.8) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.8 (0.43) |
15.4 (0.61) |
50.7 (2.00) |
76.1 (3.00) |
168.0 (6.61) |
141.2 (5.56) |
160.1 (6.30) |
213.4 (8.40) |
210.0 (8.27) |
80.5 (3.17) |
12.0 (0.47) |
8.9 (0.35) |
1,147.1 (45.16) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.1 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 14.6 | 16.3 | 14.5 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 91.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74.4 | 76.2 | 77.5 | 76.2 | 76.1 | 75.7 | 76.3 | 76.4 | 79.8 | 81.5 | 75.9 | 71.9 | 76.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 257.3 | 243.0 | 275.9 | 243.0 | 158.1 | 117.0 | 120.9 | 117.8 | 108.0 | 198.4 | 252.0 | 275.9 | 2,367.3 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 6.5 |
| Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010)[3](extremes)[4] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
[edit]The main road through the city is Route 21, from Lom Sak to the south through Phetchabun to Chai Badan and Saraburi.
Phetchabun is served by Phetchabun Airport, 29 kilometres (18 mi) to the north.[5]
Notable people
[edit]- Saiphin Moore, Thai chef
References
[edit]- ↑ Samnieng, Chaipong (2026). ประวัติศาสตร์นิพนธ์หัวเมืองฝ่ายเหนือ (เหนือล่าง) [Historiography of the Upper Siam States (Lower Northern Region)]. วารสารไทยคดีศึกษา [The Journal of the Thai Khadi Research Institute] (in Thai). 23 (1): 157–210. ISSN 2985-0584. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- ↑ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ↑ "ปริมาณการใช้น้ำของพืชอ้างอิงโดยวิธีของ Penman Monteith (Reference Crop Evapotranspiration by Penman Monteith)" (PDF) (in Thai). Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department. p. 33. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ↑ "Climatological Data for the Period 1981–2010". Thai Meteorological Department. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "Phetchabun Airport". OurAirports. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
External links
[edit]
Phetchabun travel guide from Wikivoyage
