Northern mountaintop temperatures drop to 0-3 degrees: officials

BANGKOK: -- The Meteorological Department announced that the temperatures at the mountaintops in northern provinces dropped to between 0 to 3 Celsius degrees Saturday morning.

It said in a press release that the mercury dropped to about 0 to 3 degrees over the mountains in Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Lampang, Phayao, Nan and Prae.

The temperatures in the lowland areas of the northern provinces were measured about 7 to 8 degrees, the statement said.

The department said the low temperature was influenced by a high pressure ridge, which is passing over the northern and northeastern regions.

-- The Nation 2006-12-23

Nothing unusual here.

These areas routinely get frost at this time of year.

No snow. it is too dry.