Several communities in the Northwest Territories have broken temperature records in recent days as residents try to beat the heat.
Jesse Wagar, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, says Norman Wells and Fort Good Hope set new all-time maximum temperature records.Thermometers reached almost 37.9 C in Norman Wells and 37.4 C in Fort Good Hope on July 8.Wagar says Inuvik also broke its all-time daily maximum temperature on July 4, when it was 33 C.
“We’ve just been stuck under a pretty sharp ridge of high pressure really over the last several months,” Wagar said. “It’s been allowing the temperatures at the surface to really, really build up.”She said the new temperature record in Carmacks is the third-hottest daytime temperature ever recorded in Yukon while the new records in Norman Wells and Fort Good Hope place fourth and fifth on the Northwest Territories’ list.
Heat warnings remain in place for the Northwest Territories communities of Fort Good Hope, Fort Providence, Kakisa, Fort Simpson, Jean Marie River, Norman Wells, Tulita and Wrigley. Hot weather in those communities is expected to reach daytime temperatures around 30 C this week.
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