Heat: record smashed in Quebec

Zechariah Goudreault

Sunday, 24 September 2017 19:47

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Sunday, 24 September 2017 19:53

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Many heat records were shattered Sunday in Quebec.

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A record that is older than 125 years old, was beaten to Montreal, as the temperature has slightly exceeded 30 degrees in the late afternoon. The last record high temperature for the metropolis of quebec with a September 24 was 27.2 degrees. If the temperature reaches 29 degrees in the city on Monday, another record will be beaten.

In Quebec city, a historic peak has been exceeded when the temperature has reached 29 degrees. The previous mark was 25 degrees in 1938.

In Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan, a temperature of 30 degrees was recorded, while the previous mark was 26.7 degrees in 1937. In Ottawa, the temperature reached at 31.4 degrees. According to Environment Canada, the previous record was 28.5 degrees.

What surprises Bruno Marquis, Environment Canada, it is the length of this heat wave. In the course of the last 15 days, the temperature has been abnormally high and the rainfall has been almost non-existent. “It is perhaps never seen before. If this is not the longest period, it is not far from the ever seen,” he started.

The temperature will continue close to 30 degrees in the city until Wednesday evening. Subsequently, “a cold front of low pressure” will result in a drastic drop in temperature, which will return to normal seasonal approximately 16 degrees.

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Sellers of air conditioners also take advantage of this heat wave. “I have sold more air conditioners in the last two weeks in the month of August”, rejoiced the owner of air Conditioning Beaubien, Andrew Blain. “The summer has been disastrous after the construction holiday. One does not recover everything, but it is a small balm.”

The president of the laval company air Conditioning AP, André Perron, has received “three to four times more requests” for the maintenance of air-conditioning systems in the last two weeks than usual.

In the streets of touristic Old Montréal, the terraces of several restaurants spilled out on Sunday. Some employees interviewed by the 24 Hours have claimed that the ridership exceptional latter-day offset for the negative impacts of the rainy summer.