Local people wearing heavy clothing walk along a street in Havana, capital of Cuba on Feb. 3, 2026. The Cuban Institute of Meteorology reported on Tuesday that a weather station in the province of Matanzas, western Cuba, recorded a temperature of 0 degrees Celsius at 7:00 that morning. This marks the first time in recorded history that the temperature in this tropical nation has reached the freezing point, breaking the national low-temperature record of 0.6 degrees Celsius set in February 1996. (Xinhua/Joaquin Fernandez)
Local people wearing heavy clothing walk along a street in Havana, capital of Cuba on Feb. 3, 2026. The Cuban Institute of Meteorology reported on Tuesday that a weather station in the province of Matanzas, western Cuba, recorded a temperature of 0 degrees Celsius at 7:00 that morning. This marks the first time in recorded history that the temperature in this tropical nation has reached the freezing point, breaking the national low-temperature record of 0.6 degrees Celsius set in February 1996. (Xinhua/Joaquin Fernandez)