Saturday December 23rd is the coldest day the year for Thailand so far, as temperatures across the country plunge to record lows, with the mercury dropping to 10oC in the north-eastern province of Nakhon Phanom and to 18oC -19oC in Bangkok.
Somkuan Tonjan, director of the Central Weather Forecast sub-division of the Meteorological Department, said that temperatures across the country dropped quickly by an average of 3oC, due to another cold front from China.
The cold weather will last until December 26th, after which it will become warmer until December 30th, when temperatures are forecast to fall again, said Somkuan. He attributed the cold weather in Thailand to the successive cold fronts from China, which is experiencing extremely cold weather, especially in Shanghai, which is recording the coldest winter in 40 years.
The north of Thailand is cold, but not as cold as the…
