Cubans bundle up against cold as temperatures plunge, winds roar

[El Presidente]

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/cubans-bundle-up-against-cold-temperatures-plunge-winds-roar-2022-01-31/

HAVANA, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Cubans bundled up in heavy jackets, hats and gloves and shuttered their homes on Monday as near-record cold and strong winds slammed the balmy Caribbean island more accustomed to bright sun and sultry trade winds.

The small town of Bainoa, east of Havana, felt temperatures plunge to just 3 degree Celsius (37.4°F) early Monday morning, following gusty winds that buffeted the island's palm fringed shores much of the weekend.

 

"This is not normal," said Havana resident Barbara Salgado, wearing a black scarf around her neck to ward off the cold. "Temperatures here (in winter) are always cool but they are never like this, it's almost polar."

The extreme weather prompted Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to call on citizens to watch out for one another.

"Take care especially of our children and elderly," he said on Twitter on Sunday.

 

Police shut down Havana's shorefront boulevard, the Malecon, on Sunday and early Monday, and many of even the most stalwart fishermen had vacated their posts as towering, foam-topped rollers slammed the seawall, flooding streets and soaking passersby.

Jorge Sanchez, who strolled the street in a warm jacket, marveled at the cold.

"It's truly been a long time since it's been this cold. It's unbelievable," Sanchez said.

 

The same front brought unusual cold to Florida on Sunday morning, triggering a freeze outlook from the U.S. National Weather Service and the coldest temperatures in a decade across large swaths of the state.

Temperatures in Havana and throughout Cuba are expected to moderate gradually and hover at normal levels by week's end, local meteorologists said.

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[NSXCIGAR]

Look like it's hitting Florida too--iguanas are dropping!

Frozen iguanas fall from trees during cold snap

https://www.accuweather.com/en/videos/VPIW7Qb7?jwsource=cl

[Corylax18]

14 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/cubans-bundle-up-against-cold-temperatures-plunge-winds-roar-2022-01-31/

HAVANA, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Cubans bundled up in heavy jackets, hats and gloves and shuttered their homes on Monday as near-record cold and strong winds slammed the balmy Caribbean island more accustomed to bright sun and sultry trade winds.

The small town of Bainoa, east of Havana, felt temperatures plunge to just 3 degree Celsius (37.4°F) early Monday morning, following gusty winds that buffeted the island's palm fringed shores much of the weekend.

 

"This is not normal," said Havana resident Barbara Salgado, wearing a black scarf around her neck to ward off the cold. "Temperatures here (in winter) are always cool but they are never like this, it's almost polar."

The extreme weather prompted Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to call on citizens to watch out for one another.

"Take care especially of our children and elderly," he said on Twitter on Sunday.

 

Police shut down Havana's shorefront boulevard, the Malecon, on Sunday and early Monday, and many of even the most stalwart fishermen had vacated their posts as towering, foam-topped rollers slammed the seawall, flooding streets and soaking passersby.

Jorge Sanchez, who strolled the street in a warm jacket, marveled at the cold.

"It's truly been a long time since it's been this cold. It's unbelievable," Sanchez said.

 

The same front brought unusual cold to Florida on Sunday morning, triggering a freeze outlook from the U.S. National Weather Service and the coldest temperatures in a decade across large swaths of the state.

Temperatures in Havana and throughout Cuba are expected to moderate gradually and hover at normal levels by week's end, local meteorologists said.

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I've seen Cubans start bundling up at around 60f/16c, so this is hard for them. 🥶

[Cigar Surgeon]

Sounds pretty cold for Cubans. But also:

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it's almost polar

Chuckles in Canadian spring. 

[NSXCIGAR]

First bread lines, now coat lines. 

[bishop532]

It’s only 7 degrees colder here (near Chicago) than it is in Cuba, in January. Definitely not normal. 

[Corylax18]

3 minutes ago, bishop532 said:

It’s only 7 degrees colder here (near Chicago) than it is in Cuba, in January. Definitely not normal. 

Its actually Much warmer here in Colorado right now, 60F if my thermometer is correct. Haha. 

We're going to be getting a nasty cold snap this evening though, its forecasted to drop below zero(not 32, 0) in about 30 hours time. 

[bishop532]

12 hours ago, Corylax18 said:

We're going to be getting a nasty cold snap this evening though, its forecasted to drop below zero(not 32, 0) in about 30 hours time

60 degree drop in one day? Where are you, Indiana?  

 

Seriously though, that’s pretty nice weather for January in the Rockies! 

[Corylax18]

1 minute ago, bishop532 said:

60 degree drop in one day? Where are you, Indiana?  

I don't know how animals survive. It does it all the time here. 50, 60, 70 degree swings in 24 hours. 

[bishop532]

7 minutes ago, Corylax18 said:

I don't know how animals survive. It does it all the time here. 50, 60, 70 degree swings in 24 hours. 

Crazy! Here too (as you may be able to tell from my previous post). Especially in the spring. Not sure I’ve seen 70 degree drops but 40-50 seems to be a regular occurrence the past few years. 

[Corylax18]

3 minutes ago, bishop532 said:

Crazy! Here too (as you may be able to tell from my previous post). Especially in the spring. Not sure I’ve seen 70 degree drops but 40-50 seems to be a regular occurrence the past few years. 

It gets crazy in the mountains. You literally need clothes for every season when you're hunting.

You look like Ralphie from a Christmas story when you leave camp in the morning and you can wear a T-shirt and shorts for the 4-Wheeler ride back in the afternoon. 

[Cigar Surgeon]

46 minutes ago, Corylax18 said:

Its actually Much warmer here in Colorado right now, 60F if my thermometer is correct. Haha. 

We're going to be getting a nasty cold snap this evening though, its forecasted to drop below zero(not 32, 0) in about 30 hours time. 

We must be weather linked. It was above 45 the entire week I was in Vegas, I fly back and it plunges to 3.2 Freedom for 2 days just as a reminder who is the weather boss. 

[Enduin]

Definitely felt the frost Sunday night, dropped to -1C in Central Florida which I haven't seen in the 10 years I've been here and it wiped out a good deal of my vegetable garden. "It's almost polar" is almost verbatim what we were saying here LOL.

[Habana Mike]

29 here in northeast Florida Saturday. Glad we didn't toss all our winter clothes!

[Chas.Alpha]

The only good thing about being a Vikings fan in Fla., I still own my stadium clothes! 🥶

[Drguano]

While my sympathies are with the Cuban people, you Floridians should experience boxer shorts castanets once in a while to appreciate how easy you have it. Mind the iguanas…🐧

[Fuzz AI]

1 hour ago, Habana Mike said:

29 here in northeast Florida Saturday. Glad we didn't toss all our winter clothes!

Over here it is 33°..... Celsius.

[traveller]

How does such cold weather affect tobacco crops?

[Habana Mike]

8 hours ago, Fuzz said:

Over here it is 33°..... Celsius.

We should be back up to 25C later this week. Winter is over!

 

8 hours ago, Drguano said:

While my sympathies are with the Cuban people, you Floridians should experience boxer shorts castanets once in a while to appreciate how easy you have it. Mind the iguanas…🐧

Yes, the poor iguanas. They're already thawing out and about, getting over the falling out of trees bruises pretty quickly.

[El Presidente]

14 minutes ago, traveller said:

How does such cold weather affect tobacco crops?

A couple of days of cold is neither here nor there. It's the wind that is more problematic. 

[Edicion]

That must be close to record cold for a Caribbean sea island