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The Island is wearing a scarf
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Havana, Jan 16 (RHC) Contrary to the traditional expression that Cuba is an eternal summer that convinces foreign visitors, for natives, the phrase ' Brass Monkey Weather' prevails today.

Last weekend and especially in the early hours of Sunday morning or even this Monday, 40 of the 68 weather stations in the country reported at 04:00 local time, minimum temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius, among them, eight were equal to or below five degrees.

The lowest temperature, indicated by the Meteorology Institute (Insmet), was 1.5 degrees Celsius at the Indio Hatuey station, in the western province of Matanzas.

But the most striking feature of this day was the cold extended to the easternmost region of the island, where usually, even though west Cubans are shivering, inhabitants of the other side of the island continue to fan themselves with temperatures that in the middle of winter, exceed 30 degrees Celsius.

This Monday, the situation was quite different, for example, the Jíquima station in Holguín province reported 7.4 degrees, in the hot city of Manzanillo it dropped to 9.9, and in the town of Yateras even more, as it reached 6.9, which according to experts may set a record in Granma province for January.

In Havana city, the lowest value was as almost always in Santiago de Las Vegas, in the area of the José Martí International Airport, where 7.9 degrees were reported.

Insmet warned that the mass of cold and dry air coming from the north is the cause of the low temperatures in the early hours of the day.

Although in the capital and the rest of the country, the sun is shining, it is not warming up as usual, so most went out ‘wrapped up’ to work or school and many pulled out scarves and gloves from deep in the closets. (Prensa Latina)