High Temp Records Tumble Across Arctic Canada, Siberia, Arctic Norway As November Ends
In many Nunavut communities, chances are you traded your parka for a jacket during the month of November. During November, monthly average temperatures in Nunavuts central Kivalliq region ranged from 4.1 C higher in Naujaat to 8.2 C higher in Arviatand sparrows, usually long-gone from Rankin Inlet, were still around.
People in that community of roughly 3,000, who saw rotating power outages this week after its diesel turbines needed major repairs, fortunately enjoyed those milder-than-usual higher temperatures. These were as mild as about minus 3 Cmuch higher than the normal high temperatures of minus 18 C for this time of the year. And, in Arviat, the puddles reminded residents of spring, not of the usually cold, dark month leading into winter.
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On Nov. 30, the western Nunavut Kitikmeot community of Gjoa Haven, where the temperatures averaged 6.5 C higher in November, you could also say it was really warm: The minus 3.4 C temperature on Nov. 30 beat the record of minus 9.5 C set in 1987, and Gjoa Havens daily low of minus 9.3 C was much higher than 1991s record-breaking low of minus 37.5 C for Nov. 30.
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The warmth also circled the Arctic Ocean, which, around the pole, was itself up to 20 C warmer than usual during much of November. In Greenland, the famed Sirius dog team patrol hasnt started to carry out its long-range reconnaissance patrolling yet because its too warm. And the Russian Arctic and Norwegian Arctic have never been so warm in November reports the Independent Barents Observer at least according to existing records. On Norways Svalbard Islands, temperatures averaged 10.7 C higher than normal, while weather measurements across the top of Siberia showed temperatures up to 14 C higher than normal.
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http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674november_brings_record-breaking_temperatures_from_nunavut_to_siberia/