A heatwave is hitting Kitikmeot and Kivalliq communities this week bringing temperatures above 30 C (86 F), twice as high as the average temperature for these regions at this time of year.
The warm spell, which is expected to last into the last week of January, is the result of a low-pressure cyclonic system of warm air from the south.
Several people have fallen ill with food poisoning after eating shellfish in B.C. in the last 10 days, and health officials are warning that warm ocean waters might be to blame.
The 93-degree temperature was recorded at 2:13 p.m.
One of the main winter highways in the Northwest Territories turned into a swamp this week following unseasonably high temperatures.
There’s little relief from the daytime heat in the forecast for the rest of the holiday weekend.
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