A temperature of 12.4°C was recorded in Shihmen District (石門) in New Taipei City early today, the lowest of any low-lying area in Taiwan, as seasonal northeasterly winds brought cooler air to northern Taiwan.
Data compiled by the Central Weather Administration (CWA) also showed temperatures as low as 12.7°C in Yangmei District (楊梅) in Taoyuan and 12.8°C in Guansi District (關西) in Hsinchu County in the early hours.
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The CWA said northern Taiwan is expected to see a mild recovery during the day to 17°C to 18°C before falling to 15°C to 17°C at night.
The effects of the weather system from the northeast were less apparent elsewhere in Taiwan.
Daytime temperatures were likely to top 20°C in central Taiwan and hit 25°C to 27°C in the south, the CWA said.
Although the cooler air is relatively dry, the CWA said brief showers were possible in the northern half of Taiwan, along the east coast and in the Hengchun Peninsula (恆春半島) in the south today.
After experiencing occasional showers this morning, the CWA said that central and southern Taiwan are expected to see partly cloudy to sunny skies in the afternoon.
Independent meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) called the latest weather system the coldest so far this fall.
Low-lying areas in the northern third of Taiwan were likely to record temperatures as low as 12°C early tomorrow morning, he said.
Meanwhile, the air quality across most of Taiwan is to be fair to good today, the Ministry of Environment said.
However, parts of Yunlin and Chiayi counties and Tainan in the south and Taitung County in the east were under an "orange" alert, which warns of unhealthy conditions for sensitive groups such as children, the elderly, and people with respiratory or heart problems.
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