Visakhapatnam: Lambasingi, a hill-track village of the Eastern Ghats located at a height of above 1,000 metre in Chintapalli mandal of Vizag agency, registered a temperature of 0ºC on Sunday, a record for the season.

Chintapalli witnessed the lowest temperature of 3ºC, which was officially recorded at the local agriculture research station, and it has been a practice to calculate the temperature of the hill-track village by deducting 2-30C from the temperature of the mandal headquarters.

The area is referred to as Andhra Kashmir by sightseers as temperatures dip as low as 0°C during December–January. Lambasingi is colder than Adilabad and Arogyavaram, which record the lowest temperatures. However, the Met officials cannot confirm the same officially as they do not have an observatory in the area.

“Our scientists observed that the temperatures dipped to 3ºC in Chintapalli on Sunday and the conditions are very cold here. We expect the temperatures to drop further due to chilly winds.

There has been a declining trend for some time and Chintapalli too may witness 0ºC this year,” said Dr N. Venugopala Rao, assistant director, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Chintapalli.

Lambasingi had registered 2ºC in December 2013, sub-zero temperatures in the 2012-winter season. Chintapalli also recorded 3-4ºC in 2012.