There are two words being used to describe weather in the N.W.T. lately: hot and dry.
Data is proving those observations to be true — with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) meteorologist Terri Lang describing this year’s spring conditions as “worrying.”
ECCC doesn’t have reliable, long-term data for every northern community but in places where it does — the data shows the month of May, specifically, was hot in parts of both the N.W.T. and Nunavut.
In fact, it was the hottest ever on record for the communities of Arviat, Baker Lake, and Rankin Inlet in Nunavut, as well as for Fort Liard,
