RECORD LOWS:With thermometers registering just 4oC in Taipei, it was the lowest temperature recorded in the capital in 44 years and the second-lowest ever
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 25, 2016
By: Staff Writer, with CNA
A rare sight of snow wowed people nationwide yesterday, from Taipei to
Hikers yesterday strip to the waist to pose in the snow while trekking along the Shengmushan section of the National Trail System in Yilan County’s Jiaosi Township. Photo: CNA
Pingtung County.
Under the influence of a strong cold air mass, many places in Taiwan — even those located at an altitude of only 400m to 500m — received a covering of snow or soft hail overnight, exciting locals, who likely have never seen snow in real life since they were born.
Despite low temperatures, people were seen swarming to elevated areas, including Keelung’s 726m-high Jiangziliaoshan (姜子寮山), Taipei’s Yangmingshan (陽明山) and New Taipei City’s Linkou (林口) and Pinglin (坪林) districts, to appreciate the natural beauty of the snow.
As of yesterday morning, the accumulated snow had reached 20cm in Taoyuan’s Lalashan (拉拉山) Forest Recreation Area.
The Motian (摩天嶺-) mountain area along the Southern Cross-Island Highway also reported showers of snow started at 4am yesterday, as well as on Yunlin County’s Jiananyun Peak (嘉南雲峰), where snow began falling at about 11am yesterday at an altitude of about 1,500m. [FULL STORY]
