Kuujjuaraapik suffers under 37°C heat
If you wanted to find someone in Kuujjuaraapik earlier this week, the best place to look was along the shores of the Great Whale River.
As two sea-doos bounced around in the cool water, the river was an ideal place for residents of this Nunavik community to escape from the oppressive heat.
"Half the community is there, I've never seen so many people in the water before," said one woman who confessed to going to work wearing a wet swimsuit under her clothes to keep cool.
Temperatures in this Eastern Hudson Bay community hit 36.6 C on Monday, making Kuujjuaraapik the hottest place in Quebec and breaking the previous record of 29.4 C, set in 1969.
But Tuesday was even hotter. The day's high climbed to 37 C, breaking the previous record high of 28.3 C set in 1998.
They are breaking the old records by more than 16 degrees (Fahrenheit).
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