The next few days will be hot in the south of the province. While the heat can be a source of discomfort, weather records are unlikely to be broken, according to Environment Canada.
Posted at 10:53 a.m.
After a month of June close to seasonal norms, temperatures should oscillate between 29°C and 31°C between Saturday and Monday in Montreal.
“We are entering a new phase of summer,” says Guillaume Perron, meteorologist at Environment Canada. “For the next week, we expect temperatures that will fluctuate around 30 degrees, particularly in the next three days, where there could possibly be a heat wave. »
Monday will be a particularly hot day, according to forecasts from the federal agency. The mercury should reach or approach 30°C throughout the region, from Gatineau to Saguenay.
Environment Canada has no formal criteria for declaring a heat wave. By convention, however, we speak of a heat wave period when the mercury reaches the 30°C mark three days in a row. If this materializes in the next few days, it will be the second heat wave of the year, after the early heat wave that hit southern Quebec at the end of May.
In its latest report on the consequences of climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) notes that “Excessive heat events are expected to increase in frequency and intensity across North America in the coming decades”.