I didn't think it was possible, not in my lifetime anyway.
+49.6°C in Canada 🇨🇦 That is 121°F!
This is the story of the Canadian heat record that was crushed on 3 consecutive days by an unfathomable margin of +4.6°C (+8°F).
This moment will be talked about for centuries.
+49.6°C in Canada 🇨🇦 That is 121°F!
This is the story of the Canadian heat record that was crushed on 3 consecutive days by an unfathomable margin of +4.6°C (+8°F).
This moment will be talked about for centuries.
Before this heatwave, the Canadian national heat record stood at 45°C. This record held since July 1937.
Along came 27 July and smashed this by a whopping +1.6°C. But we were not done here, the heatwave was just getting started...
Along came 27 July and smashed this by a whopping +1.6°C. But we were not done here, the heatwave was just getting started...
The very next day, temperatures soared to a staggering 47.9°C, destroying the new record.
This did not last long though...
This did not last long though...
https://twitter.com/ScottDuncanWX/status/1409737823943528448
And here we are...
Almost 50°C at 50 degrees north. This is desert heat in Canada.
We have never seen this level of heat this far north anywhere on Planet Earth until now.
Almost 50°C at 50 degrees north. This is desert heat in Canada.
We have never seen this level of heat this far north anywhere on Planet Earth until now.
https://twitter.com/Climatologist49/status/1410021476057587713
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