AWCN16 CWNT 270101
SUMMARY WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 9:01 PM EDT
SUNDAY 26 JULY 2009.
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER PORTIONS OF BAFFIN ISLAND AGAIN
TODAY...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER BAFFIN ISLAND CONTINUES TO GIVE SUNNY
SKIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES TO PARTS OF THE ISLAND AND NEARBY AREAS.
A FEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE BROKEN AGAIN TODAY AS SUMMARIZED
BELOW...
SITE            NEW RECORD     PREVIOUS (YEAR)  YEAR RECORDS BEGAN
IQALUIT         25.5           20.6 (1949)      1946
POND INLET      21.0           16.7 (1943)      1923
HALL BEACH      20.7           19.4 (2001)      1958
TODAY WAS THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR
IQALUIT AND FOURTH FOR POND INLET. ANOTHER DAY OR RECORD OR NEAR
RECORD TEMPERATURES IS FORECAST FOR PARTS OF BAFFIN ISLAND MONDAY
BEFORE COOLER WEATHER MOVES IN BY TUESDAY.
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