Extreme heat again on the fringe of Arctic.

We are looking at temperatures 15-20 °C warmer than normal in Northern Siberia for consecutive days.

Wildfires continue to rage and sea ice continues to deplete.

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Not just Siberia with a heatwave right now.

Some of the hottest parts of Canada right now are within the Arctic Circle. Recently + 33 °C was recorded at Bathurst Inlet (Nu) at latitude 66.8 ° N.

Here are the observations from the weather stations. Likely hotter just to the east of this reading. This is about 20-23 °C above normal for this area.

Back to Siberia... what about the smoke situation?

Short answer: not good.

This is the latest Siberian snapshot form space. The smoke plume is massive. Red dots indicate regions of active #wildfire.

And finally, the Arctic sea ice...

The extent continues to bumble along at record low. The sea surface is warming where ice once used to sit.