Mercury on Doi Inthanon drops to 1.5C Friday morning

Chiang Mai - Tourists visiting Doi Inthanon Friday morning was treated with frost, which has been happening for three consecutive days. Kriangsak Thanomphan, chief of Doi Inthanon National Park, said about 3,000 tourists visited the mountaintop Friday morning and were treated with a spectacular scene of white frost.He said the grass minimum temperature on the mount was -3 C degree for three consecutive days in the morning.The normal temperature on Doi Inthanon was measured at 1.5 C Friday morning he said.

The Nation
16 Jan 2009