Heat records broken in Northwest Territories and Yukon

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