Chiang Rai News
Chiang Rai City Residents Bundle Up as Mercury Drops
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CHIANG RAI – Residents of Chiang Rai city bundled up into winter clothing this morning after the Chiang Rai Meteorological Office reported that the temperature had dropped to 15.2 degrees Celsius at the weather station in Muang district.
Clothing vendors in Chiang Rai’s Muang district said winter clothes have begun to sell well after temperatures dropped 10 to 15 degrees Celsius by Tuesday morning.
Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn said he had received reports that the temperature on the mountaintops had dropped to about 10 C.
The governor said he would instruct tambon chiefs and village heads to warn villagers to be careful if they lit forest fires to keep warm.