Winter Weather in La Máquina Cuba

Daily high temperatures are around 79°F, rarely falling below 75°F or exceeding 84°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 69°F, rarely falling below 64°F or exceeding 74°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 68°F on January 31.

For reference, on August 13, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in La Máquina typically range from 75°F to 85°F, while on January 28, the coldest day of the year, they range from 68°F to 78°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average winter temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

East Honolulu, Hawaii, United States (5,328 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to La Máquina (view comparison).

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The winter in La Máquina experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 35% to 15%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 15% on February 27.

The clearest day of the winter is February 27, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 85% of the time.

For reference, on June 11, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 76%, while on February 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 85%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In La Máquina, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 17% and ending it at 9%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 35% on October 13, and its lowest chance is 7% on January 7.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the winter in La Máquina is decreasing, starting the season at 1.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.1 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the season at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.5 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.5 inches on January 8.

Over the course of the winter in La Máquina, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 44 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 30 seconds, and weekly increase of 3 minutes, 27 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 10 hours, 55 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 44 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the winter in La Máquina is 6:15 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 19 minutes later at 6:35 AM on January 17.

The earliest sunset is 5:15 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 46 minutes later at 6:01 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is observed in La Máquina during 2026, but it neither starts nor ends during the winter, so the entire season is in standard time.

For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:18 AM and sets 13 hours, 21 minutes later, at 7:39 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:27 AM and sets 10 hours, 55 minutes later, at 5:22 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the winter of 2026. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in La Máquina is very rapidly decreasing during the winter, falling from 77% to 56% over the course of the season.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 55% on February 7.

For reference, on August 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 98% of the time, while on February 6, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 55% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in La Máquina is decreasing during the winter, decreasing from 15.6 miles per hour to 14.5 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on December 19, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 15.8 miles per hour, while on October 3, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.7 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 15.8 miles per hour on December 19.

The hourly average wind direction in La Máquina throughout the winter is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 80% on December 10.

La Máquina is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in La Máquina is gradually decreasing during the winter, falling by 3°F, from 82°F to 79°F, over the course of the season.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in La Máquina are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in La Máquina are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 7,638°F, from 8,978°F to 1,340°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in La Máquina is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 4.5 kWh to 6.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of La Máquina are 20.192 deg latitude, -74.227 deg longitude, and 1,230 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of La Máquina contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 883 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,085 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,051 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (3,894 feet).

The area within 2 miles of La Máquina is covered by trees (99%), within 10 miles by trees (56%) and water (38%), and within 50 miles by water (82%) and trees (16%).