Heat records beaten in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

With the heat wave that affects the region, daily heat records were broken on Monday at Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.

According to environmental data Canada recorded at Bagotville station, the previous record of 31.7 ° C dating from August 11, 2002 was exceeded, with a maximum of 34 ° C in the sector.

A record was also broken on Monday in Roberval with a daily maximum of 33 ° C, while the highest temperature recorded on the same date at this station was 30.6 ° C in 1976.

According to the meteorologist for Environment Canada Julien Pellerin, the heat wave is expected to stop on Wednesday with possible violent thunderstorms bringing with them “a lot of precipitation”. He indicates that up to 50 mm of rain could fall in certain places in the region.

I believe that the passage of this front will do good in many regions, hoping that there is not too much damage. Since the end of July, we have been in rain deficit in many regions. We can see that depending on the website of the SOPFEUfire clues are very high everywhere in Quebeche said.

Solutions in the face of heat

With high temperatures, the University Integrated Health and Social Services Center (CIUSSS) recalls that a climate stop is accessible for people in homelessness on the second floor of the popular chicoutimi soup.

The director general of the home house for homeless of Chicoutimi, Yanick Harvey, underlines that the room adapts to the seasons, since it is air conditioned during the summer period and heated in winter. He also notes that traffic has increased with heat.

We have doubled the number of different people who used the service […] Carefall increases, but people come by small periods, they come to cool off, take water and leave the middlehe specifies.

It still remains acceptable in terms of traffic, we are not overwhelmed eitherhe continues.

Several people have also chosen the beaches to find the freshness, including that of the Jonquière campsite. The Camping General Manager Manon Normandeau notes that many bathers have come to enjoy Lake Kenogami in the last days.

She points out that hundreds of visitors are added to the 600 residents to access the water. It has a traffic of 1000 people, the more the marina with people who go more by boat and who take leave. There is a big trafficshe notes.

According to the Ciusssthe heat that persists has risks, especially with a high humidity index. The Regional Director of Public Health, Donald Aubin, recalls that it is important to hydrate and take frequent breaks to cool off.

At one point, our body decays. He falls into hypotension and there, it is not well and it is difficult to recoverhe warns.

Donald Aubin also underlines that humidx is high in the region and that according to certain factors, this measure can increase higher than what is planned by Environment Canada.

When you’re in the sun, [l’humidex] goes up even higher. It still rises from 4 or 5 ° C […] Any dependent on what we do as an activity, it will rise even higher, so you have to be well aware that the outside temperature varies a lot according to our environment.

It’s a great summer, you can enjoy it, but you have to be careful, drink a lot and do not hesitate to go to places a little freshernotes the regional director of public health.

With the information of Marie-Michèle Bourrassa