Stephen Balena

1:45PM Update: Heavy rain warning remains in effect. Waves of heavy rain are moving from southwest to northeast across the Montreal region Friday afternoon. I am currently measuring at 76mm

A spectacular rainbow has just appeared in the eastern sky here on Ile Perrot after an historic weather day. Tropical Storm Debby dumped two months worth of rain on the

A spectacular rainbow has just appeared in the eastern sky here on Ile Perrot after an historic weather day. Tropical Storm Debby dumped two months worth of rain on the region in just a few hours. At my home on Ile Perrot, 175.8mm (6.9 inches) of rain fell since the pre-dawn hours. This is the most rain I have ever recorded at any one location I have lived in over the 48 years I have been observing the weather.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect for metro Montreal.

After all the flooding in Montreal last weekend, it was nice to see the sun this week.

Special Weather Statement in effect for southern Quebec and eastern Ontario for 30-40mm of rain from Sunday afternoon into Monday morning.

Our super wet summer persists across southern Quebec, with another 25-50mm of rain falling on the region since Monday.

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.

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.

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