Record-Breaking Heat in Greenland
On July 30, a high of 25.9 C in Maniitsoq was declared the highest temperature recorded in Greenland since 1958. The previous record temperature of 25.5 C was from Kangerlussuaq on July 27, 1990.
A low pressure system over Baffin Island combined with the high pressure system over Greenland to produce predominantly a warm, dry southeasterly wind, known as a föhn wind. This is type of dry, warm, downward moving wind that occurs in the leeward side of a mountain range. Maniitsoq was not the only warm spot on the island on July 30: in Sisimiut the temperature reached 21 C and in Kangerlussuaq 20.4 C.
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