Heat records broken across N.W.T. with more hot days ahead [Video]

Fort McPherson, N.W.T., has seen two all-time heat records this week, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. 

A heat record was first set on Tuesday and then beat on Wednesday, with temperatures reaching 34 C in the community above the Arctic Circle. 

That’s also 18 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year, according to David Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.

“I was really just aghast,” Phillips said. “The warmest temperatures in Canada were found north of the Arctic Circle, in Inuvik and Fort McPherson.”

Phillips said it’s not only the heat that’s affecting people, but the number of days in a row under extreme heat. 

“When they go two, or three or four, or seven days, it really begins to affect people,” he said. “It’s not healthy.”

Heat warnings across N.W.T., parts of Nunavut, Yukon

Phillips said that record could be broken again in Fort McPherson on Thursday, if it …