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Cuba has its first freeze on record


Cuba's all-time record low was set Feb. 3, 2026.

Cuba just had its first freeze on record, and other records were smashed from the Bahamas to Central America from the same cold outbreak that left Florida and the eastern U.S. shivering last weekend.

On Tuesday morning, the Indio Hatuey weather station in Perico, Cuba, reported a low of 32 degrees, a new national all-time record low, according to Cuba's weather service, the Instituto de Meteorología Cuba (INSMET). The previous record of 33 degrees was set in Bainoa almost 30 years ago on Feb. 18, 1996.

Frost was apparently seen on crops around the weather station, according to a Tuesday Facebook post from INSMET.

Other Cuba Records

It appears four other stations in Cuba tied or set new all-time record lows in this cold snap, according to INSMET and weather records expert Maximiliano Herrera:

- Aguada de Passengeros: 37 degrees (3 degrees Celsius)

- Jucarito and Santa Cruz del Sur: 44 degrees (6.8 degrees Celsius)

- Guantanamo Bay: 57 degrees (13.9 degrees Celsius) tied

Six other weather stations tied or set new February records, ranging from 43 to 46 degrees.

More Cold Records

Cuba wasn't the only place shivering.

On Sunday, the high in Freeport, Bahamas, reached only 51 degrees, the coldest high temperature on record anywhere in the Bahamas, according to Herrera. That's more typical of early February in Nashville, over 800 miles northwest of Freeport.

Herrera also found Flores, Guatemala, tied its all-time record low of 48 degrees, while a mountain station (Finca Los Andes, elevation about 5,500 feet) in western El Salvador set its February record of 38 degrees.

Belize had its coldest low since 1968, dropping to 42 degrees, Herrera noted.

Cuba has its first freeze on record

Cuba just had its first freeze on record, and other records were smashed from the Bahamas to Central America from the same cold outbreak that left Florida and the eastern U.S. shivering last weekend. On Tuesday morning, the Indio Hatuey weather...

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At least 6 all-time lows recorded in Japan today:

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On Monday, following widespread snowfall across much of Japan including Tokyo, frigid-air drove temperatures to record lows

Narita and Haneda Airports both logged their coldest mornings on record, with sub-zero temperatures covering over 90% of Japan.

Central Tokyo dropped below −3°C for the first time in 42 years for February.

 

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+ The extreme cold wave sweeping across the northern United States and Canada is about to freeze Lake Erie, which is almost completely covered in ice. Over the weekend, the frozen surface opened up dramatically.

A crack stretching more than 80 miles formed Sunday, running from near the Canadian side of the lake toward the Cleveland area. The break opened up after strong winds swept across the Great Lakes Friday and Saturday, pushing and pulling the lake’s ice as another blast of Arctic air poured into the region.
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As of this week, Lake Erie was about 95% ice-covered, according to NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.
Lake Erie has reached 100% ice coverage only three times since record-keeping began in 1973.

"Signs point towards a bit of a warmup in mid-February that may limit the chances of completely freezing," AccuWeather Great Lakes Expert Brandon Buckingham added.

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+ On Sunday morning, the temperature in Central Park dropped to 21 degrees below zero, the second lowest RealFeel® temperature recorded in the city since 1990, according to AccuWeather meteorologists.
Extreme cold like this significantly increases the risk of frostbite on exposed skin within 8 minutes, and prolonged exposure can lead to hypothermia.

New York is experiencing a historic cold snap, with temperatures lower than in parts of Antarctica.​

The National Weather Service warned of potentially deadly conditions and confirmed that this is the longest period of low temperatures in more than a decade in several regions.
New York continues to experience extreme cold, with temperatures lower than in some parts of Antarctica, amid the advance of a cold air mass that is causing dangerous conditions and wind chill temperatures well below zero across much of the northeastern United States. On Sunday, the city recorded around -16 degrees Celsius and a wind chill of close to -26 degrees.

According to data released by meteorological services, wind chill temperatures close to –40 degrees Celsius were reported in several areas of the northeast of the country. In contrast, the US McMurdo station in Antarctica recorded approximately –6 degrees Celsius, which is about 10 degrees warmer than in New York City during the most critical moment of the weather event.
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The impact of the phenomenon led to extreme cold warnings being issued for more than 43 million people, including large metropolitan areas such as New York and Philadelphia.

Dan DePodwin, senior director of forecasting operations at AccuWeather, explained that “in many parts of the Northeast, far from the coast, this prolonged period of cold weather is the most extreme in at least the last decade and, in some areas, in the last two decades.” The expert added that “many locations will end up with a streak of days below freezing that will rank among the ten longest on record.”

Translated with DeepL.com

Nueva York atraviesa una helada histórica y registra temperaturas más bajas que en zonas de la Antártida

El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional advirtió sobre condiciones potencialmente mortales y confirmó que se trata del período de bajas temperaturas más prolongado en más de una década en varias regiones

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