YANGON (BERNAMA-XINHUA) – A town in southern Myanmar experienced its lowest temperature in 58 years on Thursday, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.
Theinzayat, a town of southern Myanmar’s Mon State, logged its lowest temperature in 58 years at 18.8 degrees Centigrade, the weather bureau said.
On April 25 this year, the same town experienced its highest temperature in 58 years at 43 degrees Centigrade, the weather bureau’s figures showed.
“It is the effect of extreme weather events,” assistant director of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology Than Naing told Xinhua.
