NWT Water Monitoring Bulletin – December 8th, 2025
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Creator | ECC |
| Summary | The Department of Environment and Climate Change has a long-established partnership with the Water Survey of Canada to collect stream flow, water level and lake level measurements routinely across the territory, including at locations where there are communities at risk of flooding. A summary of these and other data and information are provided regularly to territorial and regional emergency managers to help understand the status of waterways near communities at risk of flooding in the lead-up to, and during spring break-up – the highest-risk period for flooding in the Northwest Territories. |
| Local Relevance | Water levels and flow rates are very low across most of the NWT. Low water levels are the result of extreme drought conditions that began in the summer of 2022 and have persisted through 2023, 2024 and 2025. Water levels have shown limited recovery since 2022. |
| Notes | Climate forecasts from ECCC for December 2025 to February 2026 indicate cooler than average temperatures across the NWT except for in the Beaufort-Delta region. Precipitation is forecast to be above average for most of the NWT, with the highest confidence in the Dehcho region. |
| Tags | Water Levels |
| Geographic Region | NWT |
| Release Date | 2025-12-08 |
| Last Modified Date | 2025-12-08 |
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