The television news said the temperature was averaging 14 degrees below normal because of the ash cover.
Just before dawn, the temperature in his groves averaged 22 degrees.
In the winter, temperatures average 45 to 50 degrees.
But in February the temperature averaged 5 degrees below normal.
That surpassed the record set in 1953-54, when the nation averaged 36 degrees.
The coldest June ever was in 1675, when it averaged 52.7 degrees.
It's been averaging almost 8 degrees per day below the seasonal norm for the first nine days of June.
At that moment, for example, they were working their way up a slope which averaged fifty degrees.
The first 10 months of last year averaged 55.3 degrees.
Indeed, the year 2000 was among the 12 warmest years, with temperatures averaging 54 degrees, despite the cold months.