Temperature records for July 5 were recorded in several Quebec cities on Wednesday.
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The main marks were exceeded in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Nord-du-Québec, on the Côte-Nord and in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.
It was 33.3 degrees Celsius in Val-d’Or, 36.6 degrees in Alma, 33 degrees in Chibougamau and 33.2 degrees in Matagami, all highs for the day.
In Fermont, however, the record was broken by the highest number of degrees: It was 30.3 degrees Celsius, 1.8 more than the previous record from 2013.
It was also very hot in Kuujjuaq at 32 degrees, which “represents an extremely rare event,” Environment and Climate Change Canada wrote in a tweet.
A heatwave is underway across the planet, which recorded Tuesday’s hottest day on record, averaging 17.18 degrees.
According to the Copernicus climate observatory, June 2023 is also the hottest month on record in the world.
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