If you feel like itSA国际影视传媒檚 been warmer lately, itSA国际影视传媒檚 not just your imagination.
Yellowknife experienced its third warmest October on record, according to Sarah Hoffman, a meteorologist for Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
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This October brought an average of 2.6 C. In 1963 it was 2.8 C while in 1943 it was 2.9 C.
ECCC has around 80 years of data going back to the 1940s for the Yellowknife region, and the temperatures are on track for what was predicted.
A normal daytime high for this time of year would be -7 C with an overnight low of -14 C.
For Nov. 3 however, the daytime high was 4.5 C, according to ECCC, and the mercury climbed above freezing again on Nov. 4.
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ASA国际影视传媒渟ignificantSA国际影视传媒� reduction of sea ice concentration is another repercussion.
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As for the future, Hoffman foresees above-average temperatures into the weekend but thing the thermometer is expected to plummet.
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The NWT isnSA国际影视传媒檛 the only location to experience this phenomenon as Nunavut has also been experiencing well above normal temperatures.
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