CHIANG MAI, Dec 6 (TNA) — Lowest temperatures on Doi Inthanon in Chiang Mai province and in Na Haeo district of Loei province were minus and frost was seen there this morning.
Minus temperatures were reported during early morning hours on the Doi Inthanon mountain. Crowds of tourists packed the tallest mountain of the country when the temperature measured 3 degrees Celsius later in the morning.
The temperature at the center of Chiang Mai was at 14-15 degrees Celsius while the temperature in the nearby Doi Suthep-Pui National Park was at 9 degrees.
Pairin Limcharoen, provincial chief for disaster prevention and mitigation, said about 300,000 people in the northern province, especially those on highlands, lacked winter gear.
In the northeastern province of Loei, the lowest temperature dropped to minus 1-2 degrees and there was frost in Na Phueng and Saeng Pha sub-districts of Na Haeo district.
Elsewhere, temperatures were 4.0 degrees in the Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary, 5.0 degrees in the Phu Ruea National Park, 6.5 degrees in the Phu Kradueng National Park, 8.6 degrees in Muang district and 11.5 degrees in Chiang Khan district. (TNA)
