Havana, like much of Cuba, has a tropical climate that is tempered by the island's position in the belt of the trade winds and by the warm offshore currents. Under the Köppen climate classification, Havana has a tropical savanna climate (''Aw'') that closely borders on a tropical rainforest climate (''Af'') and a tropical monsoon climate (''Am''). Average temperatures range from  in January and February to  in August. The temperature seldom drops below . The lowest temperature was  in Santiago de Las Vegas, Boyeros. The lowest recorded temperature in Cuba was  in Bainoa, Mayabeque Province (before 2011 the eastern part of Havana province). Rainfall is heaviest in June and October and lightest from December through April, averaging  annually. Hurricanes occasionally strike the island, but they ordinarily hit the south coast, and damage in Havana has been less than elsewhere in the country.