Cuba records hottest month since 1951

[El Presidente]

 

Cuba records hottest month since 1951, straining electric grid

Reuters

August 10, 202312:34 AM GMT+10Updated 7 hours ago

 

People walk on the street in downtown Havana, Cuba, April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File photo

HAVANA, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Cuba in July recorded its hottest month since 1951, officials said, with the soaring temperatures on land and sea straining the country's decrepit electric grid and pressuring fragile ocean resources.

The average temperature in July hit 29.1 degrees Celsius (84.38 degrees Farenheit), Cuba's Meteorological Institute said. The previous record on the Caribbean island, known for its sultry summers, was set in August 2020.

[NSXCIGAR]

I bet they didn't have any grid issues in 1951. 

[Corylax18]

8 minutes ago, NSXCIGAR said:

I bet they didn't have any grid issues in 1951. 

Yup, just like Vegas, I bet those Casinos where ICE cold. 

[Arabian]

I thought those were rookie numbers (as someone who's used to live in +45c) then I remembered my time in the Midwest with low 30's. and that was HOT, slowly suffocating. 

[shokao]

I was talking to a friend last Sunday about climate changes and how the world seems a hotter place in the last few years. The poles are melting and even the white bears are losing weight due to food availability. I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but the future doesn't seems as nice...

[Nevrknow]

1 hour ago, shokao said:

I was talking to a friend last sunday about climate changes and how the world seems a hotter place in the last few years. The poles are melting and even the white bears are losing weight due to food availability. I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but the future doesnt seems as nice...

And 6,000 years ago the Sahara was lush and green. Mother earth runs on a different schedule than our meager short lives.

[NSXCIGAR]

2 hours ago, Arabian said:

I thought those were rookie numbers (as someone who's used to live in +45c) then I remembered my time in the Midwest with low 30's. and that was HOT, slowly suffocating. 

113° dry desert is nothing. I'd rather be in that then 95°, 90% rH in Chicago. 

[MrBirdman]

19 hours ago, NSXCIGAR said:

113° dry desert is nothing. I'd rather be in that then 95°, 90% rH in Chicago. 

Yeah, the humidity is the real killer. 

 

20 hours ago, Nevrknow said:

And 6,000 years ago the Sahara was lush and green. Mother earth runs on a different schedule than our meager short lives.

True which is why the dramatic change over our meager short lives isn’t just Mother Earth!