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Avalanche of cold across the province
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Avalanche of cold across the province

January temperatures continue to chill the province and set records as the month lines up to become the coldest in 18 years in the Montreal area. • Read also: Extreme cold: broken water pipes in Montreal and Laval • Read also: Hydro-Québec: consumption records caused by freezing weather • Read also: Allergic to the cold... for real “We really have an arctic cold that has set in and hasn't let up since the second week of January. It's a winter that started late, but should end early too,” explains Patrick Duplessis, meteorologist at Météomédia. It hadn't been so cold for a long time. The South Shore of Montreal had not experienced such a morning since 1994 and smashed a mark for January 22. But it is really Quebec that holds the most impressive record...