Frost appeared in Phia Oac (Cao Bang), Xin Cai (Ha Giang), Mau Son (Lang Son), O Quy Ho (Lao Cai), on the morning of February 20.
The top of Phia Oac mountain, Nguyen Binh ( Cao Bang ) appeared icy from 2pm on February 20. In the morning, when it rains heavily, the ice layer is thicker.
On the top of Phia Oac, thick frost clings to most of the trees. Photo: Ha Cuong
Ice clings to a resident’s motorbike on the top of a mountain. Some homestays and homestays also have a thin layer of ice. Photo: Ha Cuong
At the top of Mau Son ( Lang Son ) frost appeared at 3 o’clock, due to heavy rain and fog, it was difficult to observe. Photo: Hoang Lang Huy
Mr. Dao Dinh Duyen in Yen Mo (Ninh Binh) went nearly 300 km to Mau Son to hunt ice and snow. “My group went with 13 people, choosing the right occasion with low temperature to hunt snow, although there was only ice, it was also very beautiful,” Duyen said. Photo: Hoang Lang Huy
Mau Son recorded a temperature below 0 degrees Celsius, this is the lowest temperature in the North recorded by the meteorological agency. Photo: Hoang Lang Huy
At 12 o’clock, the rain in Mau Son still did not stop, the frost still clinging to most of the trees. Photo: Hoang Lang Huy
Tourists take pictures of ice clinging to the grass on the top of Mau Son.
According to the meteorological agency, this is the coldest wave from the beginning of winter-spring 2021-2022. This wave of cold air started pouring into our country yesterday, it is forecasted that today and tomorrow will be the two lowest temperatures, from Tuesday the temperature will start to incline.
From December 2021 to the first half of February, Vietnam is affected by 9 waves of cold air. Photo: Tran Quang
At 0:30 am on February 20, on “heaven’s gate” O Quy Ho, which is 2,035 above sea level and about 10 km from Sa Pa town ( Lao Cai ), the temperature dropped to 0 degrees Celsius. Heavy rain, wind large, appeared snow.
Nguyen Thanh Cong and his wife from Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa) flew to Hanoi on February 17 when they heard that the North would receive the strongest cold air from the beginning of winter, the possibility of snow and ice. Visiting the capital for two days, they took a bus to Sapa on the evening of February 19. Seeing tourists flocking to Sa Pa, Mr. Cong is happy that tourism is gradually recovering during the epidemic. Ms. Cuc, his wife who lives in the South, first learned about the frost in the North. “Death to the flesh, but still like it”, she scoffed.
He is a native of Ha Tinh, has been living in Nha Trang for many years and always craves the cold of the North. Every winter, he often takes his wife to go out around the highland provinces. “I’m a tourist, I also like to go out, but when there is snow and ice, the people of the country are miserable, especially raising cattle and growing vegetables,” Cong said. Photo: Ngoc Thanh
Water freezes into thin ice, standing on trees in O Quy Ho. It is forecasted that by the morning of February 22, the high mountains of Y Ty commune (Bat Xat) and some high points of Sa Pa town will have snow and ice with light intensity. Photo: Ngoc Thanh
People queued up waiting to take the cable car station to the top of Fansipan. However, this morning, it rained heavily, the temperature was 2 degrees Celsius, frost did not appear. Photo: Ngoc Thanh
In Ha Giang , frost also appeared in Xin Cai commune, Meo Vac district.
Mr. Hoang Van Chat, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Xin Cai Commune, said that frost does not appear on a large scale, but is concentrated in a few highland villages such as Lung Van Chai and Lung Thung. Photo: Khanh Phung
December, January and February are the three main months of the East in the North. According to the annual average data of the meteorological agency, January is always the coldest, February the temperature tends to be higher than January, as in Hanoi, it’s common around 17 degrees Celsius. Winter 2021-2022, February the coldest, this is a rare phenomenon.
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