Extreme FWI
Fire Weather Index (FWI) of 50 or more on the start day: the “extreme” and “very extreme” classes of the European EFFIS scale.
Too few fires in this condition to give a reliable figure.
CU · Cuba
What weather do fires in Cuba start in?
How many of the fires in Cuba between 2016 and 2025, and how much of the area they burned, started with extreme FWI, strong wind, very dry air or after 60 days without rain. Based on the weather on each fire’s start day.
Strong wind
Gusts of 50 km/h or more on the start day (a gale, Beaufort force 7).
of the fires9.5 %
of the burned area12 %
From 2016 to 2025, 9.5 % of the fires in Cuba started with gusts of 50 km/h or more and burned 12 % of the area.
Very dry air
Minimum relative humidity below 15% on the start day.
Too few fires in this condition to give a reliable figure.
60 days without rain
At least 60 days in a row without 1 mm of rain before the start day.
Too few fires in this condition to give a reliable figure.
How to read these figures
Each figure compares two shares: how many fires started in that condition and how much of the area they burned. If the second is larger, those fires were bigger than the rest. A fire can meet several conditions at once. These are statistics about the past, not a forecast.
This is not an official warning.
Check the warnings of your local civil protection or forestry authority.
Suggested citation
WorldFires, “What weather do fires in Cuba start in?”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/cuba/fire-weather (accessed 9 November 2026). Sources: Copernicus Climate Change Service, ERA5 (Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0), WorldFires (FWI, Van Wagner 1987), Copernicus GWIS, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS).
Sources: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service, ERA5 (Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0) · WorldFires (FWI, Van Wagner 1987) · Copernicus GWIS · NASA FIRMS (VIIRS)