Canada ends September with its first -20°C reading of the season
Temperatures dipped below -20°C in Canada's Far North on Sept. 29.
It's fall, which means winter is around the corner! It may be early in the season still, but we have already seen our first -20°C reading.
Only 21 days after Canada's first -10-degree reading in Isachsen, Nvt., we are seeing -20-degree temperatures in Eureka, Nvt.
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These winter temperatures across Northern Canada are thanks to some strong ridging in the upper atmosphere, keeping the cold up north and the warmth down south.
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While it may seem early in the season for these types of temperatures, they're actually historically late this year.
Eureka has seen -10-degree temperatures as early as Aug. 23, a feat that was recorded back in 2013.
The remote community has even seen temperatures reach -30°C in September! The record for the coldest September temperature was set when the thermometer reached a bone-chilling -31.7°C on Sept. 25, 1961.
Historically, on Sept. 29, Eureka sees an average daytime temperature around -8°C and an average overnight temperature around -13°C. So a -20-degree reading at this time of year is still an impressively below-average temperature.
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