http://nunatsiaq.com/news/climate/61110_01.htmlTemperatures hovering near the freezing mark created a heat wave of sorts in Resolute Bay last month, with records broken throughout the last two weeks of the month.
On Oct. 17, according to Environment Canada’s Arctic Weather Bureau in Edmonton, the temperature in Resolute reached .8°C. This broke a record of -1.4°C set in 2002 for that date, and set a new extreme maximum for the entire month.
Records for daily high temperatures were also broken on eight other days during October, and the average temperature for October was -6.2°C, more than seven degrees higher than the normal average temperature of -14.9°C for October.
... Environment Canada weather operator Wayne Davidson says the “surreal” land temperatures reflect a heat wave going on in the High Arctic’s upper atmosphere.
Davidson is a long-time observer of the sun and light, which he say offer insight into what is going on in the climate. He says red rings around the sun are heat-induced mirages, a sign that the atmosphere is warming significantly.
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