Yukon swelters under hottest stretch recorded

[Newsjock]

Global warming? We got yer global warming right 'cheer.
http://North.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=yuk-hotweather06232004

WHITEHORSE - People in the Yukon are experiencing a record-breaking heat wave. Environment Canada says Dawson City had the highest temperature ever recorded in that community.

The official thermometer showed 34.5 on Sunday, the hottest it's been since Environment Canada starting keeping records there in 1976.

... In Whitehorse, Old Crow, Faro and Watson Lake, records have been set for the longest stretches of hot weather ever documented.

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[DrWeird]

1. That's 34.5 celsius.

Pretty fucking hot if you ask me.

[hatrack]

2. 94.1 Fahrenheit, for all us non-metric types

In the frickin' Yukon?!?!

[IrateCitizen]

4. Sure, it's not that unusual for inland northern areas to heat up

I've know people who have lived in Fairbanks, AK who have said it regularly is in the 80's during the summer, sometimes breaking 90.

Of course, 94.1 degrees Fahrenheit this early is probably a little out of the ordinary.

[Viking12]

3. Nothing to see here, move along.....

[hatrack]

5. Oh, the irony!

Five minutes after reading this, I was driving to work. Directly in front of me was a Toyota Tundra, and to my left - a GMC Yukon. Hah!!