Water levels in the Marsh-Tagish-Bennett Lakes system peaked on August 27 at a level that is only 0.6 m lower than in 2021 and 0.4 m lower than during the flood of 2007. More specifically, 2022 is only a few...

For years now, we have been witnessing the occurrence of weather extremes. In 2021, unprecedented hot weather, droughts, and floods affected different regions of Canada, including Yukon. A couple of years before, in the spring of 2019, a very thin snowpack was reported in central and southern Yukon. This spring, several areas of Yukon have set new precipitation records (since monitoring started between the 1960s to the 1990s) and the snowpack in a majority of Yukon watersheds is concerning (refer to the...

Outdoor lovers have noticed that the ice cover in Chasàn Chùa (McIntyre Creek) close to Yukon University Ayamdigut Campus can change very quickly during the first half of winter and can also present significantly different aspects from one observation point to the next...

Climate change is causing more weather extremes that directly influence water. Northern Canada is getting more than its fair share of impacts. This post summarizes noteworthy hydrological events in Yukon during the 2020-21 hydrological year (October 2020 to September 2021).

Southern Lakes:

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