The station Meteorological De Veguitas, located in the province of Granma, recorded a new record of rains For 24 hours in a month of July, by reporting 83.2 mm in that period.
The incident occurred between 5:55 pm and 7:01 pm, exceeding 79.4 mm scored on July 11, 1990, according to reports on the station’s facebook profile, reviewed For the newspaper Granma.
The aforementioned station is linked to other notorious brands, because in that town there was also a cap of temperature Of 39.1 degrees Celsius on June 30, 2019, the first time in Cuba the limit of 39 was exceeded.
Until then, the highest data had been measured on April 17, 1999 in Jucarito, also in Granmense territory.
The town of Veguitas is known for its climatic ends, including maximum historical temperatures in Cuba, such as 39.3, which occurred on April 11, 2020, which beat its own record.
This remained until last year, when at the top of that list he rose jucarito again with a maximum temperature of 40.1.
40.1 degrees! New absolute maximum temperature record in Cuba
Another remarkable record that occurred in January 2020 should be added, when the thermometers fell to 7 degrees Celsius, the minimum historical temperature for that territory.
According to the opinion of experts, cited by the newspaper, these limit variations “are due to conditions of high solar radiation, little cloudiness and weak winds.”
The Veguitas station takes its name from the homonymous town, which is located in the Yara municipality.
The repeated record between 2023 and 2024 make it an ideal site for the realization of research on the extreme weather variables on the island, the local medium stands out.
