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Not a good sign…

Experts have reported that the small Siberian town of Verkhoyansk has recorded the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic Circle, hitting a record high of 38 degrees Celsius. That’s slightly alarming considering their average high for June is usually 20 degrees Celsius. Although Siberia is known for it’s large jumps and dives in temperature, month-to-month and yearly, the record high contributes to a trend of above-average temperatures in the region stretching back to last year. CS3 reported that the average temperature in the Arctic was around 10 degrees Celsius higher than normal in March, April and May of this year.

Experts have noted that the Arctic has been warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe over the past three decades, with climate scientist Martin Stendel pointing out that such a drastic temperature change in Siberia would typically only occur once every 100,000 years.

Associate professor Dr. Dann Mitchell noted the same, stating “Year-on-year temperature records are being broken around the world, but the Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth,” he said. “So it is unsurprising to see records being broken in this region. We will see more of this in the near future.”

So it goes – anomalous (even record-breaking: https://t.co/DlEH9RdRkF) warmth continues in parts of Siberia (shifted a bit to the east)… 🔥

[Map from https://t.co/3ktgI4YE1j] pic.twitter.com/OlkaK8Cofj

— Zack Labe (@ZLabe) June 20, 2020