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It looks like the rain showers and flurries expected Wednesday are setting a trend that will hang around into winter.
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Temperatures are expected to be above seasonal norms in Quebec this winter, particularly in January and February, according to MétéoMédia, which is predicting more precipitation than usual.
Fall 2024 is on track to be the mildest on record in the southern part of the province, but a cold air mass should allow winter to get started soon.
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Wednesday is expected to hit a high of 5 C during the day, with a UV index of 1, or low. At night, a low of 0 C.
“We’re going to fall back into much colder temperatures for the first two weeks of December. It’s going to be a nice contrast with what we’ve experienced in recent weeks,” said André Monette, head of meteorology at MétéoMédia.
“The weather in the first weeks of December is conducive to the possibility of a white Christmas for a good part of Quebec,” he said.
Monette said that in “Quebec and the eastern provinces of the continent, colder temperatures will try to settle in at the beginning of the season, but mild weather will return in force at the beginning of 2025.”
Temperatures are expected to be above seasonal norms for the season that extends from December 1 to February 28.
Look forward to slush
According to MétéoMédia, the trajectories of the depressions will bring their share of precipitation in various forms: snow, ice pellets, freezing rain and rain.
“We are forecasting more precipitation than normal for Ontario and Quebec,” but “less snow precipitation than the seasonal norm” for more southern regions, Monette said.
Water and slush could take precedence over snow during the second part of the winter because of the higher temperatures.
“On the other hand, for regions farther north, such as Abitibi and Saguenay—Lac-St-Jean, we will have more snow, even a particularly snowy winter,” Monette said.
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