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(5,721 posts) Wed Mar 20, 2019, 11:12 AM Mar 2019

For first time since records began, NWT hits 20C in March

The Northwest Territories broke a symbolic temperature barrier as a heatwave continued on Tuesday, reaching 20C in March for the first time since records began.

Yohin Lake, near Nahanni Butte, posted a Tuesday high of 21.6C. The NWT’s previous March record was held by nearby Fort Liard, which reached 19.9C on March 29, 2016.

Most of the territory sweltered in record or near-record temperatures, triggering concern over rapidly disintegrating ice roads, a call in some quarters for government action on climate change, and even a warning about rotting meat.

https://cabinradio.ca/14118/news/environment/for-first-time-since-records-began-nwt-hits-20c-in-march/