Photo: Nunavut’s hot-spot — Kugluktuk

Welcome to Kugluktuk, Nunavut’s hot spot this week, where the weather has produced record-breaking temperatures. On Aug. 12, the high temperature of 29.3 C was 16 degrees above the normal high temperature for that day of 13 C, and the low of 14.1 C was 11 degrees above the normal low temperature for that day. Environment Canada forecasts 23 C temperatures for Aug. 13, and a high of 27 C for Aug. 14. Another western Nunavut community, Cambridge Bay, has also been basking in above-average temperatures, with a high temperature for Aug. 12 of 21.4 C, about 13 degrees above the normal high temperature for this day. Environment Canada is also predicting a warm Aug. 14 in Cambridge Bay of 23 C. (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE)