Udhagamandalam: Sandynallah, located 15km from Ooty on Gudalur, recorded minus 3 stage Celsius at 5am on Thursday, in step with Tangedco officials.
Sandynallah homes a sub-station of TNEB. "According to the temperature gauge located at Sandynallah, minus 3 degree was recorded at 5am on Thursday," assistant government engineer of Tangedco Sivakumar informed TOI.
Sivakumar said a dip below 0 stage temperature has passed off in Sandynallah after an opening of 3 years. Apart from the sub-station, a few TNEB quarters are located in Sandynallah. The dip in temperature brought about formation of skinny layers of ice in that area.
As a ways as Ooty is anxious, the tourist retreat witnessed a moderate winter this yr as the minimal temperature ranged between five and eight stage Celsius during the month of December. According to officials of the Government Botanical Garden (GBG) in Ooty, the minimal temperature recorded at 8am on Thursday finishing 24 hours used to be five stage Celsius.
"This year, minimum temperature recorded in December was only 5 degree Celsius. The plants and the grass lawn in the garden are not much affected due to winter weather as the minimum temperature did not dip below 5 degree," said an legit of GBG.
E Kumar, a farmer in Ooty said, "We have cultivated potatoes in our field. The standing crop is spared as the winter is not severe this year. Heavy rains during the months of October and November have slowed down the winter this year in Ooty."
Other hill cities similar to Kotagiri, Coonoor and Gudalur in the Nilgiris were experiencing customary winter season this yr. The maximum temperature recorded in Ooty all over the month of December ranged between 21 and 23 stage Celsius.
Sandynallah homes a sub-station of TNEB. "According to the temperature gauge located at Sandynallah, minus 3 degree was recorded at 5am on Thursday," assistant government engineer of Tangedco Sivakumar informed TOI.
Sivakumar said a dip below 0 stage temperature has passed off in Sandynallah after an opening of 3 years. Apart from the sub-station, a few TNEB quarters are located in Sandynallah. The dip in temperature brought about formation of skinny layers of ice in that area.
As a ways as Ooty is anxious, the tourist retreat witnessed a moderate winter this yr as the minimal temperature ranged between five and eight stage Celsius during the month of December. According to officials of the Government Botanical Garden (GBG) in Ooty, the minimal temperature recorded at 8am on Thursday finishing 24 hours used to be five stage Celsius.
"This year, minimum temperature recorded in December was only 5 degree Celsius. The plants and the grass lawn in the garden are not much affected due to winter weather as the minimum temperature did not dip below 5 degree," said an legit of GBG.
E Kumar, a farmer in Ooty said, "We have cultivated potatoes in our field. The standing crop is spared as the winter is not severe this year. Heavy rains during the months of October and November have slowed down the winter this year in Ooty."
Other hill cities similar to Kotagiri, Coonoor and Gudalur in the Nilgiris were experiencing customary winter season this yr. The maximum temperature recorded in Ooty all over the month of December ranged between 21 and 23 stage Celsius.
Ooty shivers as mercury dips to minus three at Sandynallah
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