Kyle Sooley-Brookings
Jul 5, 20221 min
Several areas of the Northwest Territories and Yukon broke temperature records on Monday with some areas exceeding 30 degrees.
There are widespread heat warnings still in effect across the Northwest Territories and Yukon. Hot weather is expected to last for the remainder of the week.
New records:
Inuvik Area
New record of 31.8
Old record of 29.5 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1957
Paulatuk Area
New record of 27.8
Old record of 27.0 set in 1994
Records in this area have been kept since 1985
Tuktoyaktuk Area
New record of 29.9
Old record of 25.6 set in 2012
Records in this area have been kept since 1948
Burwash Landing Area (Burwash Airport Auto)
New record of 28.2
Old record of 28.0 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1966
Carmacks Area (Carmacks CS)
New record of 31.8
Old record of 28.9 set in 2021
Records in this area have been kept since 1963
Faro Area (Faro (AUT))
New record of 28.9
Old record of 28.0 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1966
Haines Junction Area (Haines Junction)
New record of 29.4
Old record of 28.3 set in 1972
Records in this area have been kept since 1944
Kluane Lake Area (Burwash Airport Auto)
New record of 28.2
Old record of 28.0 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1966
Teslin Area (Teslin (AUT))
New record of 29.2
Old record of 28.3 set in 1958
Records in this area have been kept since 1943
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada