Bermuda, Cuba both witness lowest temperatures ever recorded
The temperature records arrive as Eastern Canada’s deep chill spills far away from the region
A series of powerful cold fronts over the past few weeks have brought record-low temperatures to some surprising parts of the world.
Over the past week, both Bermuda and Cuba have reportedly measured their all-time lowest readings on record.
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Temperatures across the eastern half of North America have been unseasonably cold over the past couple of weeks as bursts of Arctic air spilled south.
Those frigid winds don’t stop at the border. Very cold temperatures continued pushing south toward the Gulf of Mexico and beyond.
Parts of Florida saw their coldest temperatures since 2010 on the morning of Feb. 1, when Orlando dipped to -4.4°C and Miami fell to 1.6°C.
But that potent cold front kept going all the way into Cuba.
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The Cuban Institute of Meteorology reported that the country saw its coldest-ever temperature on the morning of Feb. 3, when a weather station in the community of Perico recorded a reading of 0.0°C. Perico is an inland town about 150 km southeast of Havana.
A second burst of Arctic air a few days later set another record in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Chilly temperatures behind a cold front sent readings in Bermuda plunging down to 6.6°C on the morning of Feb. 8, which is preliminarily the coldest reading ever observed there.
One slightly colder reading in 1993 is disputed by experts. If verified, Sunday’s temperature would beat the previous record of 6.7°C set back in 1950.
Bermuda is a temperate island that sits about 1,400 km off the coast of the Carolinas. The warm waters of the Gulf Stream usually moderate bursts of cold air before they have a chance to reach the island.
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