Summer will return to all corners of Quebec in the coming days, while in some cities the thermometer could rise to 100°C 28 degrees this week, which could break a heat record set in 1891.
With good weather most of the week, Tuesday is the day to keep an eye on as Environment Canada predicts temperatures of 26 to 28 degrees in Quebec and Montreal.
That would break a record more than 100 years old, while the highest temperature ever recorded in the two cities on October 3 is 26 degrees in 1891, according to the government organization.
That’s not all: other somewhat more recent records from 2005 and 1926 could also be broken on Wednesday and Thursday at temperatures of 28 and 24 degrees in the metropolis.
The warm air mass that will hit Quebec this week will also be felt in several other regions of Quebec. The thermometer could rise to 27 degrees in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 26 degrees in Estrie and 24 degrees in Saguenay.
Although these temperatures are well above seasonal norms, according to Environment Canada, we cannot yet speak of a warm autumn – better known as “Indian Summer” – because the first frost has not yet arrived.
A hot and dry September
After extremely unpredictable weather in July and August, September was well above normal and also recorded very little precipitation, according to Environment Canada data.
For Montreal, the average observed temperature was around 18 degrees, while the normal temperature is estimated at just over 15 degrees.
The same observation applies to Quebec City, where the observed average temperature is around 16 degrees, while it is normally around 12 degrees.
Rainfall, for its part, was very limited. The government organization recorded just 61 millimeters for Quebec and 27 millimeters for Montreal, while the normal values are 101 and 83 millimeters, respectively.
A good weekend for apples
The beautiful weather was there again this weekend and many families took the opportunity to cross apple picking off their to-do list
Jérémy Papinet with his daughter Jade and his partner Sylvie in the orchard at Domaine Orléans on the Île d’Orléans. | Photo credit: Nicolas St-Pierre
Claude Bilodeau, owner of Cidrerie Verger Bilodeau on Île d’Orléans, admitted that Saturday was the busiest day of the summer.
“It was nice and warm, the people were there, we couldn’t ask for anything better. The temperature really benefits us,” says Mr. Bilodeau.
“The rainy summer we had worried me a little, but I think we only had one day of bad weather to begin with,” he added.
Claude Bilodeau, owner of the Verger Bilodeau ciderery on the Île d’Orléans | Photo credit: Nicolas St-Pierre
The latter also said he was pleased that there had been virtually no traffic jams on the island bridge since the beginning of the apple season.
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