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1767:See also
1723: 10)
1670:(English)
476:(French:
394:(French:
388:Chisasibi
377:Air Inuit
322:Area code
302:UTC−04:00
281:UTC−05:00
276:Time zone
246:(2011–16)
1857:Kuujjuaq
1851:Inukjuak
1832:Wemindji
1803:Matagami
1611:March 6,
1444:Source:
1247:(102.9)
1177:(17.87)
1107:(27.45)
1038:Average
986:(−48.3)
981:(−40.5)
976:(−20.6)
941:(−24.5)
936:(−39.5)
931:(−48.3)
926:(−41.6)
861:(−17.1)
856:(−18.4)
470:Matagami
451:Matagami
335:Radisson
124:Province
68:Radisson
25:Radisson
1868:Salluit
1808:Chapais
1756:Kativik
1749:Jamésie
1462:In the
1242:(17.5)
1237:(23.7)
1232:(12.8)
1197:(11.3)
1187:(13.0)
1172:(0.07)
1167:(0.46)
1162:(2.21)
1157:(4.21)
1152:(3.58)
1147:(3.09)
1142:(2.46)
1137:(1.10)
1132:(0.50)
1127:(0.13)
1122:(0.05)
1117:(0.00)
1102:(1.68)
1097:(2.67)
1092:(3.44)
1087:(4.35)
1082:(3.59)
1077:(3.09)
1072:(2.57)
1067:(1.54)
1062:(1.29)
1057:(1.16)
1052:(0.86)
1047:(1.22)
966:(19.4)
961:(31.1)
956:(30.4)
951:(20.1)
916:(17.8)
911:(−3.8)
906:(15.6)
901:(29.3)
896:(38.8)
891:(45.7)
886:(46.4)
881:(39.6)
876:(29.1)
871:(12.9)
866:(−5.3)
846:(26.8)
836:(21.0)
831:(35.1)
826:(46.6)
821:(55.6)
816:(57.6)
811:(51.4)
806:(39.7)
801:(23.0)
791:(−6.9)
786:(−9.8)
776:(36.0)
771:(10.4)
766:(26.4)
761:(40.6)
756:(54.1)
751:(65.5)
746:(68.7)
741:(63.1)
736:(50.5)
731:(33.1)
726:(17.2)
716:(−1.3)
706:(99.1)
701:(45.3)
696:(54.1)
691:(74.3)
686:(80.8)
681:(88.2)
676:(99.1)
671:(95.0)
666:(90.7)
661:(72.1)
656:(52.3)
651:(41.0)
646:(34.5)
596:humidex
515:77°42′W
512:53°38′N
488:Climate
443:Chapais
410:History
355:in the
351:on the
315:J0Y 2X0
171:Settled
153:Jamésie
115:Country
1721:Region
1637:Sep 2,
1388:109.8
1341:92.90
1332:12.70
1329:19.50
1326:16.30
1323:14.00
1320:11.60
1294:188.9
1227:(1.6)
1222:(0.0)
1217:(0.0)
1212:(1.0)
1207:(4.7)
1202:(8.3)
1192:(9.1)
971:(1.9)
946:(6.1)
841:(3.2)
796:(5.9)
721:(3.4)
550:Month
503:WMO ID
361:Quebec
268:
204:Ungava
136:Region
129:Quebec
118:Canada
1439:65.5
1436:80.3
1433:83.5
1430:75.8
1427:68.9
1424:59.6
1421:54.7
1418:50.3
1415:53.1
1412:57.9
1409:60.3
1406:68.3
1403:73.1
1385:19.6
1382:20.5
1379:11.8
1373:0.04
1370:0.04
1358:11.5
1355:12.3
1352:16.4
1338:0.84
1335:4.10
1317:8.00
1314:4.00
1311:1.10
1308:0.67
1305:0.33
1291:19.7
1288:22.0
1285:20.6
1282:20.2
1279:16.2
1276:14.1
1273:12.4
1270:12.1
1267:10.8
1264:11.9
1261:12.5
1258:16.3
1245:261.3
1175:453.8
1155:106.9
1105:697.2
1085:110.6
984:−44.6
979:−40.3
974:−29.2
969:−16.7
944:−14.4
939:−31.4
934:−39.7
929:−44.6
924:−40.9
909:−19.9
869:−10.6
864:−20.7
859:−27.3
854:−28.0
839:−16.0
794:−14.5
789:−21.6
784:−23.2
769:−12.0
719:−15.9
714:−18.5
636:44.3
630:11.7
627:28.3
624:31.6
621:35.5
618:44.3
615:37.5
612:33.9
609:21.8
606:11.1
589:Year
304:(EDT)
255:73.3%
1735:and
1639:2022
1613:2022
1553:2017
1397:(%)
1376:1.9
1367:1.6
1364:5.7
1361:8.5
1240:44.4
1235:60.3
1230:32.4
1205:11.9
1200:21.0
1195:28.6
1190:23.0
1185:33.1
1165:11.6
1160:56.2
1150:91.0
1145:78.5
1140:62.6
1135:27.9
1130:12.7
1100:42.6
1095:67.9
1090:87.3
1080:91.1
1075:78.5
1070:65.3
1065:39.0
1060:32.7
1055:29.4
1050:21.9
1045:30.9
1033:−57
1030:−53
1027:−40
1024:−20
1021:−10
1012:−12
1009:−24
1006:−40
1003:−51
1000:−57
997:−56
964:−7.0
959:−0.5
954:−0.9
949:−6.6
914:−7.9
904:−9.1
899:−1.5
874:−1.6
844:−2.9
834:−6.1
819:13.1
814:14.2
809:10.8
799:−5.0
764:−3.1
754:12.3
749:18.6
744:20.4
739:17.3
734:10.3
724:−8.2
704:37.3
694:12.3
689:23.5
684:27.1
679:31.2
674:37.3
669:35.0
664:32.6
659:22.3
654:11.3
633:7.6
603:4.8
600:1.8
586:Dec
583:Nov
580:Oct
577:Sep
574:Aug
571:Jul
568:Jun
565:May
562:Apr
559:Mar
556:Feb
553:Jan
453:and
210:Area
174:1975
1225:4.0
1220:0.1
1215:0.0
1210:2.6
1170:1.7
1125:3.4
1120:1.2
1115:0.1
1018:−6
1015:−3
894:3.8
889:7.6
884:8.0
879:4.2
829:1.7
824:8.1
804:4.3
774:2.2
759:4.8
729:0.6
699:7.4
649:5.0
644:1.4
359:of
327:819
295:DST
285:EST
263:209
231:468
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