Author: Laurence Taschereau et Ali Akbar Sabzi Dizajyekan

“In recent years, many people have had the impression that Quebec is more exposed to extreme precipitation events than it used to be. This impression is well-founded, at least for the extreme south of Quebec,” states a report by the Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change (Ouranos).

If anything stands out in our data analysis, it is the decrease in temperature differences between day and night. This thermal amplitude, moreover, is more or less great according to the vegetation cover protecting the districts.