Warm, dry weather ahead for the N.W.T. following 2nd-warmest winter on record [Video]

This spring and summer will again be dry ones in the Northwest Territories, according to a senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. 

Dave Phillips said that’s following the “second-warmest winter” on record for the N.W.T. 

On Monday, Fort Smith, N.W.T., hit a daily record of 17 C, which was nine degrees above average temperatures for that day, Phillips said. 

“Going forward, that dryness into the warmth spells concerns with wildfire,” Philips said. 

Earl Evans, who lives in Fort Smith, said when he went duck hunting on Monday, the river was so low that it made it hard to find any. 

“We can’t spring hunt like we used to,” Evans said. “Every spring, everybody looks forward to a nice fat duck and a nice fat muskrat meat. But it’s really difficult to find this year, holy man.”