The month of October was marked by temperatures well above normal for the season and low precipitation in the vast majority of regions of Quebec.
Posted at 8:57 p.m.
In Montreal, the average temperature during the previous month was 10.4°C, almost two degrees higher than the historical average recorded by Environment Canada of 8.5°C.
The Capitale-Nationale recorded an average temperature lower, i.e. 7.8°C, but still 1.2°C higher than the historical average of 6.6°C.
The greatest temperature difference was measured in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Mont-Joli more precisely, where it was 10°C on average in October, i.e. more than 4°C than in October. usual for the same time of year.
However, these warm average temperatures did not set records since they are comparable to those of October last year.
We have to go back to 2020 to find average temperatures lower than historical data for the month of October, specifies the meteorologist at Environment Canada, Alain Roberge.
Little rainfall
And if you find the dead leaves dry, you don’t have the berlue. It rained less in Quebec than normal for the month of October.
For example, in Montreal, only 40 mm of rain fell, half as much as historically. Same thing for Trois-Rivières (47 mm/98 mm), Quebec (68 mm/98 mm), Saguenay (53 mm/85 mm), Mont-Joli (52 mm/87 mm).
After being hit hard by the tail of the hurricane Fiona, at the end of September, the archipelago was spared by bad weather. Only 30 mm of rain fell there, less than a third of the precipitation it usually receives in October.
Only the Nord-Côtiers received more rain than normal, with 178 mm falling in October in Sept-Îles, well above the average of 104 mm for this region at this time of the year. year.