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The next heat wave in Canada will be strange.
If you are looking for hot weather to start your weekend for Canada Day, you will need to reach the Dempster Highway and head all the way to the shores of the Arctic Ocean.
WATCHING A POTENTIAL ALL-TIME RECORD IN INUVIK
It has already been a hot month in much of northern Canada, with temperatures well above seasonal for much of the region. The heat we saw is nothing compared to what may come next week.
Inuvik, NWT, may be on track to equalize or break its hottest temperature of all time until Canada Day.
A high-pressure ridge under construction over northern Canada will allow heat to accumulate throughout the week, with temperatures reaching the upper 20 and low 30 degrees well above the Arctic Circle.
Some meteorological models hint at high temperatures in Inuvik, exceeding the 30-degree mark by Canada Day on Friday, approaching terribly close to reaching or exceeding the community’s highest temperature of 32.8 ° C, a record set twice at 17 June 1999, and again on 20 July 2001.
WRONG HEAT BAKES A YELLOW KNIFE AND MELT HUDDON BAY
People in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories have dealt with some impressive heat so far this year. The average high temperature in Yellowknife so far this month is 22.2 ° C, which is significantly higher than the typical average maximum for the city of 18.7 ° C between 1990 and 2010.
The NWT capital has so far registered two huge series of high temperatures of 20 ° C or higher this month, with the first series lasting only two full weeks.
How much has this heat turned upside down? Consider the fact that Yellowknife has achieved a longer series of temperatures at or above 20 ° C than we saw below in Calgary this month.
WATCH: 30 DAYS LOSS OF ICE IN HUDZON BAY
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Prolonged heat to the north has a tangible effect on melting ice in Hudson Bay. Satellite imagery and data show melting ice in Hudson Bay at almost record rates so far this year.
Hudson Bay usually reaches no ice or minimal ice cover by the end of summer.
The reduction of Arctic sea ice has been unusually fast in Hudson Bay (Canada) so far this spring / summer. Each line represents one year from 1979 (purple) to 2021 (white). 2022 is in the red. Data from @NSIDC. pic.twitter.com/NPGrPPgJSk
Zack Leib on Twitter: “The decline of #Arctic sea ice has been unusually fast in Hudson Bay (Canada) so far this spring / summer. Each line represents one year from 1979 (purple) to 2021 (white). 2022 is in the red. Data from @NSIDC. pic.twitter.com/NPGrPPgJSk / Twitter “The reduction of sea ice has been unusually fast in Hudson Bay (Canada) so far this spring / summer.
Each line represents one year from 1979 (purple) to 2021 (white). 2022 is in the red. Data from Zack Labe on Twitter: “The reduction of #arctic sea ice has been unusually fast in Hudson Bay (Canada) so far this spring / summer. Each line represents one year from 1979 (purple) to 2021 (white). 2022 is in the red. Data from @NSIDC. pic.twitter.com/NPGrPPgJSk / Twitter “. Zack Leib on Twitter:” The decline of #arctic sea ice has been unusually rapid in Hudson Bay (Canada) so far this spring / summer. Each line represents one 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 fast in Hudson Bay (Canada) so far this spring / summer. Each line represents one year from 1979 (purple) to 2021 (white)). 2022 is in the red. Data from @NSIDC. pic.twitter.com/NPGrPPgJSk / Twitter ”
However, the ice on the bay is receding at an astonishing rate this year. Climatologist Dr. Zack Leib collected data from the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center and found that the current size of ice in Hudson Bay is shrinking at a rate that is ahead of almost every other year.
This upcoming period of unusual heat, heading for early July, will further melt the ice.
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