August Temperature Outlook
The month of July brought many severe weather events upon us this year, with prolonged heat waves and tornadoes. Heat: A prolonged and significant heat wave affected the Arctic during the first two weeks of July. On July 7, in the Northwest Territories daily temperatures reached a scorching 33.7 °C at Little Chicago, and a record-breaking 32.6 °C in Inuvik, whereas the previous record was 29.6 °C set in 2017. Southern Ontario reported temperatures in the low 30s on July 19, before the heat spread to the Maritimes from July 20 – 25, where many daily temperature records were broken.
