The Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is predicting the NWT will have a warmer spring than usual.
ECCC uses an ensemble prediction system to forecast seasonal weather trends. It produced its most recent prediction on March 31. According to that forecast, between May to July 2025, the territory has about a 65 per cent chance of being warmer than usual.
In fact, ECCC is predicting a warmer-than-normal spring for almost the entire country.
The NWT has about a 30 per cent chance of experiencing near-normal temperatures this spring, according to ECCC, and only about a 15 per cent chance of being below normal.
The territory is also forecast to have a low chance SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½” about 30 per cent SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½” of having less precipitation than usual this spring, ECCC reports. That's about the same chance it has for precipitation levels to be above normal.