A starry chilly morning on Monday, October 7, the coldest so far this fall, with morning lows near 2.8C (37F) here on Ile Perrot along with scattered frost. Many locations across Canada witnessed the northern lights this past week, but they were not visible at my home due to light pollution. (Valley Weather Photo) The weather will finally start behaving like October here in Montreal. After an extremely warm September and early October, cooler weather arrived this week, just in time for the Thanksgiving long weekend. Temperatures have tumbled into the single digits for overnight lows ..read more

Contractors have been busy since last Friday, rushing to clear up the tons of debris left behind by Hurricane Helene. The same area is now being evacuated for Hurricane Milton. The leftover debris could become lethal in strong winds and pounding surf. (JAX Today) Powerful category 5 hurricane Milton continues to move towards the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday morning, located 405KM southwest of Tampa. Landfall is forecast by midnight Wednesday into early Thursday morning very close to Sarasota, Florida. Milton currently has winds of 250km/h (155 MPH), a catastrophic category 5 storm ..read more

Hurricane Milton early Tuesday morning moving northeast away from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Milton will now take aim at west-central Florida, expected to make landfall late Wednesday near Tampa bay as a strong category three hurricane, with winds of up to 200km/h (125 mph). (NOAA) Hurricane Milton became a powerhouse on Monday, deepening rapidly into a category 5 storm before weakening slightly late last evening. The storm was in a perfect environment to strengthen and did so at a record pace, dropping 70mb in less than 24 hours down to 897mb. Only hurricane Wilma in 2005 at 882mb w ..read more

A spectacular Montreal sky late Tuesday, October 1st. While the month may have changed, the weather remained the same, warm and dry. September was a record warm month for the region, with rain falling on only three days. (Valley Weather Photo) What a spectacular September the city of Montreal experienced weather wise. You can not ask for better, ending with a sunny, warm weekend. Even October 1st was well-above normal, with the high temperature peaking at 23.4C (74F), well-above the normal high of 15C (59F).  And so it goes in our new reality, where September is no longer fall, b ..read more

Significant storm surge from Hurricane Helene has caused severe damage all along the Florida Gulf Coast, including Cedar Key, shown above. This is the same region that was hit hard by Hurricane Idalia in August 2023. (The Weather Channel) Hurricane Helen became a monster on Friday, deepening rapidly to a category 4 hurricane with 250km/h winds and racing into the Big Bend region along Florida's Gulf Coast. The storm moved faster than any I can remember in this region, coming inland at over 25MPH. Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida, quickly becoming the hurricane capital after di ..read more

NOAA Satellite image of strengthening Hurricane Helene at sunrise Thursday morning. Helene is expected to intensify rapidly today, reaching category 4 status with winds of up to 250km/h before landfall near Apalachicola, Florida in the wee hours Friday morning. (NOAA/NHC) Helene was just a tropical wave 48 hours ago, but in the next 12 or so, the storm will undergo rapid intensification into a Category 4 powerhouse hurricane, as the storm takes aim at the Florida Gulf Coast. Winds may exceed 250km/h at landfall. Early Thursday morning, NOAA Hurricane Hunters flew through the storm obs ..read more

The waning Harvest Moon visible over Montreal as the sun rises on another sunny, warm September day. Fall arrives this Sunday at 8:44AM, but temperatures are expected to remain above normal. (Valley Weather) There are signs the Rex Block will finally be breaking down this weekend and into next week, but what an incredible stretch of late summer weather it has been. Fall officially arrives at 8:44 AM this Sunday morning, however, the weather continues to be very summer like.  Since September 12, we have had nothing but sunshine in southern Quebec, with dozens of record high temper ..read more

There are a few signs around of the changing seasons, such as fields of pumpkins and a few trees showing their colours. The weather however has a different agenda, feeling more like late July and August, with highs in Montreal in the upper 20s, and humidex readings in the 30s. The weather does not feel like September at all these days, thanks to a Rex Block feature established over eastern North America. So what is a Rex Block? The phenomenon was first discovered by Meteorologist Daniel F. Rex in the early 1950s. The Rex Block occurs when strong high pressure is located poleward, just ..read more

An early taste of fall colours on Ile Perrot this past weekend. However, don't be fooled by the cold weather as summer is set to make a return, with abundant sunshine and above normal temperatures forecast into the upcoming weekend. After the wettest meteorological summer on record for the city and an early taste of fall, we are in store for an extended period of sunny, warm weather. Strong high pressure anchored over southern Ontario, will remain in place well into the weekend. This will provide the Montreal region with clear, cool nights and sunny, seasonable warm days. As the week ..read more

The longer nights and cooler mornings  have allowed some trees to begin showing their colours across Southern Quebec. Despite the forecast for a cool Labour Day weekend in Montreal, it looks like we are in for a warm and wet fall, just as the entire year has been. (Valley Weather Photo) Powered by the remains of tropical storm Debby, Montreal has added another dubious weather record to the books, the wettest August dating back to 1871. With just a few days left in August and meteorological summer, Trudeau Airport sits at 229.3mm of precipitation, just over 10 inches of rainfall f ..read more