Beyond checking the weather forecast to know what to wear or whether or not to carry an umbrella, the weather report It is an instrument that has become fundamental for various sectors such as the transportation (by sky, sea and land), agriculture, tourism, disaster prevention, public health and even to carry out military operations.
But if by itself predicting the weather could be complex. Added to this is another variant: climate change, which has made the need to stay up to date even more urgent in order to act and adopt public policies that reduce disaster risks such as alerts about floods, droughts, freezing waves, a bad landing and other related phenomena.
In this context, here the weather report for the next few hours in Havana:
During the day temperature will reach a maximum of 32 degrees, the probability of rain It will be 60%, with 92% cloud cover, while the wind gusts will be 43 kilometers per hour.
As for UV rays, they are expected to reach a level of up to 6.
For the night, temperature will reach 26 degrees, while precipitation forecast It will be 17%, with 78% cloudiness, while wind gusts will reach 33 kilometers per hour at night.
Havanathe main tourist center and capital of Cuba, is characterized by having a tropical savannah climate due to the geographical position that the island has within the so-called “belt of the trade winds” and by the warmth of ocean currents.
In the Cuban capital, winter is not so extreme and as proof of this, the record minimum temperature was 3.2 degrees on January 30, 2022; while the maximum in the city was 38.2 degrees in September 2015.
As for rain, these are more frequent between the months of September and October, a time when tropical storms and hurricanes usually hit the island; while in March and May there is very little chance of precipitation.
The record of minimum recorded temperature In the Cuban capital until this year it had been 4 degrees Celsius that occurred in January 2010 in the José Martí International Airport area, however, on January 30, 2022 it dropped to 3.2 degrees.
In contrast, the highest temperature recorded in the city is 38.2 degrees, reached since September 2015 and which has not been surpassed to date.
Cuba, officially called the Republic of Cuba, It is an island country located in the Antilles of the Caribbean Sea; It consists of 15 provinces plus Havana as the capital and most populated city.
Cuba’s climate is tropical type and is generally divided into two seasons: dry itwhich runs from November to April, when minimum temperatures between 18 and 21 degrees are recorded, while maximum temperatures reach 27 degrees.
On the other hand, the hottest and rainiest season They occur between the months of May to October, when maximum temperatures range from 20 to 31 degrees; Furthermore, between September and November the presence of cyclones and hurricanes.
The Cuban archipelago is also characterized by having relatively high humidity, with averages close to 90%, which causes an intense sensation of sultry for much of the year.
The record high temperature In the country, the town of Veguitas, in Granma, has it when on April 11, 2020 the thermometer marked 39.3 degrees; In contrast, Baiona has the lowest mark, when on February 8, 1996 historically fell to 0.6 degrees.
