Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/12/08
By: Wang Shu-fen and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Dec. 8 (CNA) The mercury in Dasi, Taoyuan dipped to 8.6 degrees Celsius Sunday morning, the lowest so far in a flat area of Taiwan this winter, as a continental old mass arrived in the country, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said.

Weather monitoring stations in several other flat areas also recorded season lows, the bureau said, citing 8.9 degrees in Matsu island and 9.8 degrees in Taipei's Dann Forest Park and Wenshan District, New Taipei's Shuangxi District, and Kinmen island.

Elsewhere, the mercury dropped to lows of 10 degrees in New Taipei's Shenkeng District and 10.1 degrees in the city's Tamsui District, according to CWB data.

In areas north of Kaohsiung, lows of 10-13 degrees were recorded, while in Pingtung and Hualien temperatures dipped to 14-15 degrees, the data showed.    [FULL  STORY]