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The next heat wave in Canada will be strange.
If you’re looking for warm weather to start your Canada Day weekend, you’ll need to take the Dempster Highway and head to the shores of the Arctic Ocean.
LOOKING FOR A POTENTIAL MEMORY OF ALL TIME AT INUVIK
It has already been a hot month in much of northern Canada, with temperatures well above the seasonal ones for much of the region. The heat we’ve seen is nothing compared to what could come next week.
Inuvik, NWT, could be well on its way to tying or breaking its hottest temperature of all time recorded for Canada Day.
A high-pressure ridge over northern Canada will allow heat to increase throughout the week, with temperatures hovering above 20 degrees and 30 degrees low well above the Arctic Circle.
Some weather models hint at high temperatures in Inuvik exceeding the 30-degree mark for Canada Day on Friday, close to reaching or exceeding the community’s all-time high of 32.8 ° C, a record set twice on 17 June 1999., and again on July 20, 2001.
THE YELLOWKNIFE RED TIMELESS HEAT I FUND HUDSON’S BAY
The people of the Yukon and the Northwest Territories have suffered an impressive heat so far this year. The average maximum temperature in Yellowknife so far this month is 22.2 ° C, which is considerably higher than the typical city average of 18.7 ° C between 1990 and 2010.
The capital of NWT has recorded two formidable gusts of high temperatures of 20 ° C or more so far this month, with the first gust lasting only two full weeks.
To what extent is this heat upside down? Think about the fact that Yellowknife has achieved a temperature gust longer than 20 ° C or higher than we’ve seen in Calgary so far this month.
LOOK: 30 DAYS OF ICE LOSS IN HUDSON’S BAY
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Persistent heat in the north has had a tangible effect on melting ice in Hudson Bay. Satellite images and data show that ice is melting in Hudson Bay at an almost record rate so far this year.
Hudson Bay typically reaches free or minimal ice cover in late summer.
Arctic sea ice decline has been unusually rapid in Hudson Bay, Canada so far this spring / summer. Each line represents a year from 1979 (purple) to 2021 (white). 2022 is in the red. Data from @NSIDC. pic.twitter.com/NPGrPPgJSk
Zack Labe on Twitter: “The decline of #Arctic sea ice has been unusually rapid in Hudson Bay, Canada so far this spring / summer. Each line represents a year from 1979 (purple) to 2021. (white) 2022 is in red Data from @NSIDC pic.twitter.com/NPGrPPgJSk / Twitter “Sea ice decline has been unusually rapid in Hudson Bay, Canada so far this spring / summer.
Each line represents a year from 1979 (purple) to 2021 (white). 2022 is in the red. Zack Labe’s Twitter account: “The decline in #Arctic sea ice has been unusually rapid in Hudson Bay, Canada so far this spring / summer. Each line represents a year from 1979 (purple) to in 2021 (white) .2022 is in red. Data from @NSIDC. pic.twitter.com/NPGrPPgJSk/Twitter “. Zack Labe on Twitter: “The decline of #Arctic sea ice has been unusually rapid in Hudson Bay, Canada so far this spring / summer. Each line represents a year from 1979 (purple) to 2021. (white) .2022 is in red. Data from @NSIDC. pic.twitter.com/NPGrPPgJSk/Twitter “
– Zack Labe (@ZLabe) Zack Labe on Twitter: “The decline of #Arctic sea ice has been unusually rapid in Hudson Bay, Canada so far this spring / summer. Each line represents a year since 1979 (purple ) until 2021 (white). 2022 is in red. Data from @NSIDC. pic.twitter.com/NPGrPPgJSk / Twitter ”
However, the bay’s ice is receding at an astonishing rate this year. Climate scientist Dr. Zack Labe collected data from the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center and found that the current extent of ice in Hudson Bay is slowing at a rate that surpassed almost any other year.
This next stretch of unusual heat in early July will melt the ice even more.