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On the other hand, https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... note the sunrise and sunset times, about 11:45-16:30 as well as the cold temperatures.

Another poster mentioned mil-spec as -55 which makes more sense. So they didn't test true mil spec, but mil-spec with a reduced temperature range... Makes more sense.

implying that there was some dishonest conspiracy between the various weather agencies to over-predict.

Not just conspiracy between agencies, but countries. Environment Canada is predicting the same storm hitting the east coast.

I see that yesterday was 25.8 C which seems warm for Yellowknife though I was surprised the record for today is 32.5 in 1989, higher then the record for where I am and today at 29 is considered quite hot with the news full of forest fires. I also went to http://climate.weather.gc.ca/c... and looked at the last few months. You're right that it hasn't been that hot though for Yellowknife I don't know much but what did strike me was the lack of precipitation, which I understand has been going on for 3 years.
A big problem with Manitoba and the rest of the Prairies is simple mis-management of wet lands so there's no buffer.

Hmm....highway melted due to forest fire correlates to weather temperatures?* Current temperature in Sachs Harbour, NT is 2, compared to the normal range of 3 to 11 for this time of year. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Yellowknife, on the other hand, is 21, at the upper end of the normal range of 13 to 21 for this time of year. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Norman Wells, which lies about an equal distance between the two, is 17 where normal range is 11 to 23. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Whati, which is relatively close to Yellowknife, is at 17 where the normal range is 12 to 22. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... So unless today is much cooler across NT than at the time of your posting, it seems the region is well within normal bounds overall (based on small sample size of 4), with only Yellowknife reporting a high in the upper bounds of normal. It also seems that the north end of the territory is actually pushing the boundaries of unusually cold, while the southern most region is in the upper half of normal. *Drought is not necessarily a result of warmer atmosphere. It's even possible that the extremely long and cold winter is the cause of the drought. Delays in melting of snow in the higher altitude regions results in a decline and/or delay in spring flooding. Manitoba is currently experiencing a very late seasonal flood for this reason too.

Hmm....highway melted due to forest fire correlates to weather temperatures?* Current temperature in Sachs Harbour, NT is 2, compared to the normal range of 3 to 11 for this time of year. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Yellowknife, on the other hand, is 21, at the upper end of the normal range of 13 to 21 for this time of year. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Norman Wells, which lies about an equal distance between the two, is 17 where normal range is 11 to 23. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Whati, which is relatively close to Yellowknife, is at 17 where the normal range is 12 to 22. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... So unless today is much cooler across NT than at the time of your posting, it seems the region is well within normal bounds overall (based on small sample size of 4), with only Yellowknife reporting a high in the upper bounds of normal. It also seems that the north end of the territory is actually pushing the boundaries of unusually cold, while the southern most region is in the upper half of normal. *Drought is not necessarily a result of warmer atmosphere. It's even possible that the extremely long and cold winter is the cause of the drought. Delays in melting of snow in the higher altitude regions results in a decline and/or delay in spring flooding. Manitoba is currently experiencing a very late seasonal flood for this reason too.

Hmm....highway melted due to forest fire correlates to weather temperatures?* Current temperature in Sachs Harbour, NT is 2, compared to the normal range of 3 to 11 for this time of year. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Yellowknife, on the other hand, is 21, at the upper end of the normal range of 13 to 21 for this time of year. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Norman Wells, which lies about an equal distance between the two, is 17 where normal range is 11 to 23. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Whati, which is relatively close to Yellowknife, is at 17 where the normal range is 12 to 22. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... So unless today is much cooler across NT than at the time of your posting, it seems the region is well within normal bounds overall (based on small sample size of 4), with only Yellowknife reporting a high in the upper bounds of normal. It also seems that the north end of the territory is actually pushing the boundaries of unusually cold, while the southern most region is in the upper half of normal. *Drought is not necessarily a result of warmer atmosphere. It's even possible that the extremely long and cold winter is the cause of the drought. Delays in melting of snow in the higher altitude regions results in a decline and/or delay in spring flooding. Manitoba is currently experiencing a very late seasonal flood for this reason too.

Hmm....highway melted due to forest fire correlates to weather temperatures?* Current temperature in Sachs Harbour, NT is 2, compared to the normal range of 3 to 11 for this time of year. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Yellowknife, on the other hand, is 21, at the upper end of the normal range of 13 to 21 for this time of year. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Norman Wells, which lies about an equal distance between the two, is 17 where normal range is 11 to 23. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... Whati, which is relatively close to Yellowknife, is at 17 where the normal range is 12 to 22. Source: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pag... So unless today is much cooler across NT than at the time of your posting, it seems the region is well within normal bounds overall (based on small sample size of 4), with only Yellowknife reporting a high in the upper bounds of normal. It also seems that the north end of the territory is actually pushing the boundaries of unusually cold, while the southern most region is in the upper half of normal. *Drought is not necessarily a result of warmer atmosphere. It's even possible that the extremely long and cold winter is the cause of the drought. Delays in melting of snow in the higher altitude regions results in a decline and/or delay in spring flooding. Manitoba is currently experiencing a very late seasonal flood for this reason too.

Up here where the US cold comes from it is nice and sunny and clear. Cold, but clear beautiful days.

For you Yanks, here is the Canadian Forecast, temperatures in celsius
http://weather.gc.ca/canada_e....