Heat keeps shattering temperature records in Cuba

The second highest temperature value in the history of weather records in Cuba and the highest in the province of Holguin was reported last Sunday by two weather stations in the territory, which recorded 38.7 Celsius degrees.

These reports were recorded at the Pedagogical University José de la Luz y Caballero in the city of Holguin and in the town of Velasco, in the municipality of Gibara, where high temperatures are very common.

The Provincial Meteorological Center said that conditions of intense solar radiation during Sunday morning and afternoon, fewer clouds and a weak very warm surface flow from southwest to south, with periods of calm, favored the occurrence of this temperature.

Specialists Dariel Gonzalez, Ernesto Chang and Frank Cordova added that this mark is only a tenth of degree below (0.1 ° C) the absolute record for Cuba, which is 38.8 degrees, recorded by the station of Jucarito, in the province of Granma, on April 17, 1999.

They reported that the weather station of Guaro, in Mayari, registered an absolute record for the city with a maximum of 38.1 Celsius degrees, while the station Pinares de Mayari, in the mountainous region, matched its record for the month of April with 32.1°C.

In addition, Jíquima station in the municipality of Calixto Garcia, also reached its peak with 37.8 degrees, said today the web site of Radio Angulo provincial station.