In Southern Taiwan, demand for dryers and dehumidifiers is up
In Southern Taiwan, demand for dryers and dehumidifiers is up
2026-09-04
In Southern Taiwan, the never-ending rain has been causing the locals a lot of headaches, even car owners who have found shoots growing on their vehicle’s exterior and moldy seats on the interior. Yet all this wet weather has been a big business opportunity for laundromats and shops that sell dehumidifiers. Let’s take a look at the rainy situation.
With all this rain in Southern Taiwan in the last two weeks, the process for a scooter rider is getting repetitive: put on a raincoat and proceed slowly on these wet roads.
- The amount of rain that’s fallen is ridiculous. The ground’s covered in moss.
- When it’s super, super humid like this, things get moldy.
That’s not hyperbole: it’s rained so much that now mold is forming on everything, even the inside of this vehicle that was parked at an open-air parking lot for 5 days. When this lady opened her car’s door, she discovered that the seats, armrests, and the steering wheel had mold growing on them. The trunk of a different car was even the giver of life for these tiny shoots, which the owner described as ridiculously cute.
Chu Jui-ting
Southern Region Weather Center
In August of this year, the weather monitoring station in Tainan’s West Central District had 1,372.5mm of accumulated rain. In the 130 years this station has been in existence, for the month of August, this year has had the second highest amount of rainfall.
Unrelenting rain has driven demand for dehumidifiers. At this home appliance store, box after box of them are waiting to be delivered to customers.
Lin Tang-yu
Electrical appliances shop
There’s really been a lot of people asking about them. Sales have basically doubled. The stock at our warehouse has essentially all been sold out.
It’s not just dehumidifiers that are in demand, as business is booming for launderettes with dryers that can help people who are seeking a remedy for wet clothes.
- These clean clothes are still damp, so I bring them here to dry them.
The non-stop rain is setting records and even helping laundromats and shops selling dehumidifiers, which have suddenly become one of the hottest electronics on the market.
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雨量圖下到發黑 南高屏居民搶買除濕機 直呼下到發霉!
2026-09-04
南部地區這兩周雨勢不斷，雨量圖已經完美詮釋下到發霉，因為高雄屏東，不只是紫爆的雨量，而是下到發黑，也導致除濕機這幾天大賣，甚至缺貨，而自助洗衣店也湧入衣服乾不了，前往烘衣的民眾。
騎士穿著雨衣，涉水緩緩前進，伴隨大雨不斷落下，這樣的景象在這兩周內，似乎成了南部人的日常。
- 是真的下得很誇張啊，地上都生青苔了啊
- 潮濕潮濕的啊，感覺會發霉
沒錯，就是下到發霉，台南一名女車主把車停在露天停車場，沒想到，5天後再去開車時，竟然發現車內座椅、扶手、方向盤全部發霉，簡直崩潰。還有車主的後車廂，甚至長出一整排小植物嫩芽，就連車主本人都說，荒謬的好可愛。
[[南區氣象中心測報應用科科長 朱瑞鼎]]
“(台南)中西區的這個測站點，今年的八月，累積雨量有達到1372.5毫米，是這個站自從有，130年來有觀測紀錄以來，是歷年單次，單就八月來說是第二高”
大雨不斷，也讓除濕機大賣，電器賣場中一箱箱擺在走道的紙箱子，都是客人近期剛預訂，準備出貨的的除濕機。
[[電器業者 林唐鈺]]
“詢問度真的很高，銷售量幾乎漲了一倍以上，倉庫裡面的庫存，事實上都已經跑完了”
不只除濕機賣超好，雨天衣服乾不了，也讓自助洗衣店湧入許多特地來烘衣服的民眾。
- 它就沒有乾，就比較濕的，就來這邊烘
連日大雨，不只刷新歷史紀錄，也讓原以為不需要除濕機的南部人，開始瘋狂搶購，大雨再這樣下下去，烘衣機恐怕也要變得搶手。
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