6. Phuket is hot and humid throughout the year with the highest temperatures between March and early May. During the summer monsoon season of May to October, mornings are often sunny and clear with afternoon and evening rain. November to February is the “cool” season and the most popular time for tourist visits.
7. Phuket suffered extensive damage from the December 26, 2004 tsunami resulting from an Indian Ocean earthquake. Many of the damaged resorts were back in business by February, 2005 and little tsunami damage can be seen on the island today.
8. Thailand launched the first of the 22 U.S.-made tsunami-detection buoys positioned around the Indian Ocean as part of a regional warning system in December, 2006. The satellite-linked deep-sea buoy floats 620 miles offshore near the midway point between Thailand and Sri Lanka.
9. Mountains that stretch from north to south cover 70 percent of Phuket.
10. Phuket has nine brooks and creeks but no major rivers.