More record high temps in Canada's eastern Arctic
Source: Nunatsiaq News
On March 18, when the high temperature in Pangnirtung reached 6.5 C, kids in rubber boots played in puddles out in the bright sun.
The weather conditions, residents say, were more like you’d see in early May than in mid-March, ... its 6.5 C temperature breaking the previous record of -3.1 C in 1996 (although the data record is not complete, Bilan Wallace notes).
... There was another apparent record-breaker in Pangnirtung on March 19 when the high temperature of 4.2 C broke the previous high for that day of 2.6 C from 1997.
Usual temperatures for this time of year in Pangnirtung range between a high of -18 C to a low of -28 C.
Read more: http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674Baffin_enjoys_record-breaking_temps/
