Climate change has increased the frequency of extreme weather events.
Here's a round-up of some of the weather records that have fallen in Canada and around the world — just during the 2020s.Let's start big. The last seven years are the hottest on Earth "by a clear margin" in records dating back to 1850, EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said early this year.2020 and 2016 were tied for the hottest year globally, and there's at least a 10 per cent chance 2022 will surpass them, according to the U.S.
The same "heat dome" left the ground parched, contributing to catastrophic flooding in B.C. months later.Lytton, about 100 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, actually broke heat records on three consecutive days. Before that week, the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada was 45 C in Saskatchewan in 1937.
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