Holguín registers a record temperature in the country for May.

With a temperature of 39.2°C, the Cuban province of Holguín recorded the highest temperature ever reported in the country for the month of May.

The Velazco weather station, located in Holguín, set a milestone on Friday by recording a maximum temperature of 39.2°C, surpassing the historical record for the province and the country for the fifth month of the year.

This new record surpasses the previous record, set on May 16th, when temperatures reached 38.3°C, as reported by the officialist portal Cubadebate.

Researcher Elier Pila, associated with the Forecast Center of the Cuban Meteorology Institute, pointed out in a recent article that the lack of precipitation, following the rainy start of the month in the eastern part of the country, is one of the factors contributing to the gradual increase in temperatures.

It is a cumulative effect, he detailed.

The country is under the influence of high pressure and a mass of air with low humidity, so local clouds only form in some areas during the afternoons, with a possibility of rain.

However, in areas without cloud cover, the solar radiation impacts for more hours, further raising the temperatures and prolonging high temperatures even during the night, which contributes to a higher thermal sensation," commented the government-affiliated media.

Last Tuesday, unofficial records emerged reporting that the temperature had reached 40 degrees Celsius in the municipality of Bolivia, in the province of Ciego de Ávila.

The dramatic aspect of such high temperatures on the island is that they occur in the midst of a series of power outages that have Cubans desperate, seeing how more than a month after the official start of summer, the energy situation only worsens.