-55.4°C: Canada feels its coldest temperature in 26 years!
Extreme cold persists in Northern Canada, with temperatures ranging from -20°C to -40°C for several weeks. On Dec. 22, the region recorded its coldest temperature since 1999, plunging to -55.4°C
You have heard of a summer heat wave, but what about a winter cold wave?
Parts of Yukon are experiencing prolonged, extreme cold--with temperatures ranging from -20°C to -40°C--lasting for weeks!
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The extended cold spell includes:
Mayo recording 15 consecutive nights below -40°C, with a low of -50.4°C on Monday.
Dawson also seeing 15 consecutive nights below -40°C.
Whitehorse enduring 9 nights below -30°C.
Mayo experiencing 11 days with an average temperature below -40°C since Dec. 9.
On Monday, Dec. 22, Braeburn in Yukon recorded a staggering -55.4°C. This marks the coldest temperature in Canada since January 1999, when -57°C was recorded.
The persistent cold is due to the polar vortex remaining stationed over Northern Canada this month.
No significant warming is expected until January, with Yukon's overnight lows likely to stay between -40°C to -50°C for the remainder of this week.