|
|
Post by shalop on May 5, 2020 20:03:07 GMT -5
^Yeah it was a very sharp transition there this year. Until late April they barely had any days above freezing, then the pattern shifted rapidly and now the nighttime lows are barely getting below freezing.
|
|
|
|
Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on May 5, 2020 20:08:05 GMT -5
Awesome change. I didn't really notice it was so drastic.
If I had had my way and this virus wasnt an issue I'd have been there the last week of March. They had a decent cold period at that time.
|
|
|
|
Post by Nidaros on May 9, 2020 9:29:35 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by jgtheone on May 9, 2020 9:40:27 GMT -5
Imagine the wind chill  |
|
|
|
Post by nei on May 9, 2020 9:45:07 GMT -5
not hard to imagine, happens sometimes in the worse, experienced stronger winter hiking this year. Currently 3°C with 27 km/hr winds here. |
|
|
|
Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on May 10, 2020 20:40:41 GMT -5
Jesus, what is with this warmth.   |
|
|
|
Post by Crunch41 on May 13, 2020 8:52:09 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Crunch41 on May 21, 2020 15:26:42 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on May 25, 2020 11:55:38 GMT -5
shalopIce still holding strong in Yellowknife. Let's see if it can hold till June. I checked this cam a year ago and i'm pretty sure it was ice free by June 1st. 
|
|
|
|
Post by shalop on May 25, 2020 14:42:29 GMT -5
Huh, I didn't know it stays frozen until now. Here's a satellite image from May 16th of last year too; the surface of the Great Slave was still completely white except for some huge cracks in the far southern part near Hay River. Apparently it thawed rapidly after that: earthsky.org/earth/great-slave-lake-deepest-in-north-america
One local told me that this is the worst time of year for the houseboat residents. In the winter you can drive to town and in the summer you can row, but right now it's very difficult to get to and from work. They apparently have to find a place to stay in town for 6 weeks or so (and again in the fall).
|
|
|
|
Post by aabc123 on May 25, 2020 15:34:42 GMT -5
A new heat record for May was set today in the capital of Kazakhstan (35.9c). WO forecast  |
|
|
|
Post by knot on May 26, 2020 1:19:39 GMT -5
Dry, but very cold in Grytviken:  |
|
|
|
Post by Crunch41 on May 26, 2020 11:13:29 GMT -5
For comparison, first above-freezing temperature in some other cold places. Cape Lopatka January 1st Svalbard Airport - January 9th. Then March 23rd
Iqaluit April 24th
Barrow is still waiting. It reached 31F in mid-March. Eureka, Resolute, Alert, etc - northern Nunavut hasn't come close to freezing yet
Yakutsk March 25th Ojmjakon April 9th Delyankir (Siberia) April 26th Norilsk March 15th Tiksi April 10th Vize Island (79N) April 21st Dates may be off by one day, since ogimet uses UTC instead of local time Also I just noticed that Barrow averaged -19/-33F in February, with a max of 0. 12F below normal. nowdata.rcc-acis.org/pafg/Barrow reached 33F on May 22nd. Resolute, NU has a high of 0 on Friday. Max so far this year is -0.1. I think they normally reach freezing in late May or early June. A few other stations: Alert reached +0.3 on May 15th but every other day was below -3 Eureka highest was -0.5, two other days above -1 Baker Lake highest -0.8 Rankin Inlet broke freezing on May 4th Sachs Harbour (NT) May 22nd Inuvik (NT) March 20th Yellowknife (NT) February 20th, then March 21st Cape Lopatka warmest 6.3C (43F) so far Also I found another terrible climate in the Kurils called Simushir. At 47N, the warmest month is just barely above 10C. It's further south, much wetter and snowier than Cape Lopatka. However, it gets warm a few days a year and Cape Lopatka has a RECORD HIGH of 18.5C (65F) which is ridiculous for anything outside of the arctic. I still think Cape Lopatka is worse for the latitude but you could argue for Simushir. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simushir Wiki boxes in spoiler |
|
|
|
Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jun 1, 2020 10:45:40 GMT -5
2C and rain in Yellowknife this morning. Still some ice but thanks to the recent mild weather it has dwindled considerably:  |
|
|
|
Post by Crunch41 on Jun 6, 2020 16:20:29 GMT -5
Barrow reached 33F on May 22nd. Resolute, NU has a high of 0 on Friday. Max so far this year is -0.1. I think they normally reach freezing in late May or early June. A few other stations: Alert reached +0.3 on May 15th but every other day was below -3 Eureka highest was -0.5, two other days above -1 Baker Lake highest -0.8 Rankin Inlet broke freezing on May 4th Sachs Harbour (NT) May 22nd Inuvik (NT) March 20th Yellowknife (NT) February 20th, then March 21st Cape Lopatka warmest 6.3C (43F) so far
Another update
Alert reached freezing a few more times, warmest is +2
Eureka reached freezing on May 26, and every day after that. Highest +4.
Baker Lake reached freezing on May 29th. I think that is extremely late for them. Baker Lake is warmer than most of Nunavut in the summer, with 9/1 in June.
Resolute has not reached freezing yet. Four days have maxes between -0.1 and -0.4C so far. Cape Lopatka reached +7, still no double digit temperatures there.
|
|
|
|
Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jun 11, 2020 0:48:21 GMT -5
Still no real foliage on the trees in Yellowknife. Seems a bit late... The forecast looks plenty warm enough the next few days so it will be rapid growth.  |
|
|
|
Post by shalop on Jun 15, 2020 17:13:14 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Moron on Jun 15, 2020 23:24:56 GMT -5
lol wtf
|
|
|
|
Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jun 15, 2020 23:33:10 GMT -5
NE Siberia has also been pretty warm, even up to the Arctic waters. Cherskiy; although not as warm as Verkhoyansk, it is much closer to the Arctic:  Current temps:  |
|
|
|
Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jun 16, 2020 18:16:03 GMT -5
Warm in western NWT as well:  |
|
