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Rooksana Hossenally
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Travel is my driving force in life, and although I have had the privilege of visiting 30 countries so far, my heart will always remain in India...
Quebec has three different climates corresponding to different latitudes: continental humid (south of 50°), sub-arctic (between 50° and 58°), and arctic (to the north of 58°). The latter only involves a small part of the population; the winters, from mid-November to end-March, are very cold (to -25°C!), but dryer and sunnier than in Europe. The average temperatures in Montreal and Quebec are from -5 to -10°C. It snows for around four months, and the inhabitants always expect five or six snow storms. The summers, from the end of May to the end of August, are humid but quite hot, reaching up to 30°C. Spring and autumn are rather brief and have more temperate temperatures. Spring is the season for melting snow and mud. Autumn lasts for two months. The Indian summer, which is not the autumn, usually arrives towards the end of October. The returning of summer temperatures only lasts an average of 4-5 days. Sometimes there is no Indian summer at all.