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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ishani Mistry for MetDesk

Weather tracker: Deep freeze grips Canada as US records warmest Christmas

A deer walks between gravestones at the snow-covered Park Lawn cemetery in Toronto, Ontario, on Christmas Day
A deer walks through Park Lawn cemetery in Toronto, Ontario. The extreme cold is forecast to persist into the new year. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Northern Canada has been gripped by an intense and prolonged cold spell, with temperatures hovering between -20C and -40C for weeks. On Tuesday, Braeburn in the Yukon recorded -55.7C, its coldest December temperature since 1975.

Meanwhile, Mayo and Dawson endured 16 consecutive nights below -40C, with Mayo plunging to -50.4C on Monday. Whitehorse also recorded 10 nights when temperatures dropped below -30C.

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