The North will have warmer Tet festival
Nguyen Duc Hoa, of the National Centre for Hydro-Meterological Forecasting, said the country will experience two short severe cold spells through February.
“The average temperature during the Tet festival should be between 0.5 and one degree Celsius higher than previous years,” Hoa said.
He said that forecasts for late January and February indicated the North would continue to experience cold periods associated with Winter, with temperatures dropping by four to seven degrees Celsius in some areas. Mountainous areas like Sapa, Mau Son and Sin Ho will likely see temperatures as low as 0-2C.
“This year’s Tet festival will see less drizzling rain than the same period from February to March last year,” Hoa said.
However, in the South cold spells were unlikely. HCM City reported 18.4C on January 1, compared with 16.4C in January 2007.
“There will be some slight cold spells bringing the temperature down to less than 20C in the South in late January and February, but that is above average," he said.
