Weather: no rain, summer is here for good

Benoît Philie

Tuesday, 1 August 2017 21:25

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Tuesday, 1 August 2017 23:54

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Finished a record-breaking rain and the grey weather, the beautiful season that is installed for good, say the meteorologists, who provide time particularly warm by the back-to-school.

“The spring was very wet, June has been below normal, in July, we will rebalance and the weather is expected to continue until September, with temperatures above the average,” says Amélie Bertrand, meteorologist at Environment Canada.

Apart from in the regions of Gaspésie, Bas-Saint-Laurent and the East-of-Québec, Quebecers have been right from the torment of the gout these last few months.

More than 650 mm of water fell on the province since February, for the first time since 1940. Since may, nearly 300 mm, against 177 last year.

Beautiful autumn

According to the meteorologist Gilles Brien, the worst is indeed behind us if we rely on the predictions from Environment Canada for the next three months.

“This is good news for holiday-makers and farmers, who want the soil to dry a bit after all the water that we have received. Not to mention that there has been a lot of landslides in Quebec this summer because of the rain, ” he said.

Temperatures are likely to be above normal until October. We can therefore expect temperatures greater than 20 degrees to the south of Quebec this month, and beyond the 16 and 10 degrees average in September and October, respectively. It also predicts less rainfall in the last few months.

“There is, in the last few years, a fall which is still very beautiful in Quebec. We saw this in 2015 and in 2016. It has a signal that tells us we can expect that this year also, ” says Mr. Brien.

Forest fires

However, warmer temperatures expected on the side of the Is-du-Québec, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Côte-Nord and Gaspésie regions, could cause forest fires, as these areas have known a been particularly dry, unlike the regions of the west.

“Less rain, more heat… it was the fire risk to extreme in these corners here,” says the meteorologist.

This year, 193 forest fires were reported in the territory, compared to 380 at the same date on average, according to the Society for the protection of forests against fire.

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