Les Quarante, Quebec Weather

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About Les Quarante, Quebec

Les Quarante is a hamlet in Grande-Rivière; Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Les Quarante is located at 48.3964°N, 64.5803°W. It observes Eastern Time (UTC−5 / −4). Postal code area: G4X.

Les Quarante rests along the rugged eastern edge of the Gaspé Peninsula, where the salt-heavy air of the St. Lawrence meets the quiet, winding currents of the Rivière du Petit Pabos. It lies 9.0 km north-east of Chandler, QC (from Chandler, QC: bearing 54°T), and is situated 6.2 km west of Grande-Rivière. The land here holds a distinct, sharpened stillness, defined by the proximity of Le Sugar Loaf rising against the horizon like a weathered sentinel. At dusk, the light catches the cold, slate-grey water of the river, turning the surface into a mirror that reflects the darkening spruce lines and the low, heavy sky. Beyond the immediate terrain, the landscape maintains a sense of isolation, with Pond à Morris situated only a short distance away to provide a shallow, sheltered basin amidst the coastal brush. While the grandeur of Parc national de l'Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé draws visitors to the wider region, the immediate surroundings of Les Quarante remain defined by the intimate, shifting interface between the riverbank and the sea. The history of Les Quarante is rooted in the hard-won persistence of those who worked the tides and the timber, carving a living from the intersection of forest and foam. Economic life here has long looked toward the water, with the local industry mirroring the cyclical demands of the seasons and the cold, bracing requirements of the maritime climate. Tradition remains anchored in the daily movements of the tides, and the people of Les Quarante move with a quiet efficiency that respects the reach of the river. Even now, the cultural character of the locality is quiet, favoring the sound of wind through the coastal trees over the noise of modern development. There is a specific, bracing clarity to the winters here, where the frost clings to the river reeds and the landscape settles into a long, profound hibernation.

Les Quarante s’étire avec une patience minérale sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le souffle salin vient embrasser les terres du Québec. Le relief s’élève doucement vers le Sugar Loaf, dont la masse imposante semble veiller sur les activités humaines, tandis que les eaux de la Rivière du Petit Pabos serpentent avec une constance paisible vers l’estuaire, charriant les reflets changeants du ciel boréal. À quelques lieues de là, le Pond à Morris offre une halte tranquille aux oiseaux de passage, préservant une intimité que les vents marins ne sauraient troubler. Le souvenir du Parc national de l’Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé demeure une présence lointaine, une sentinelle de pierre qui signale la force brute du littoral gaspésien. Dans Les Quarante, la vie se mesure à la cadence des marées et à la rigueur des hivers, forgeant une existence où le labeur quotidien honore la rudesse et la beauté de ce coin de pays. Les hommes et les femmes y habitent des espaces ouverts, tournés vers l’horizon infini, cultivant des traditions qui puisent leur essence dans la terre ferme et l’écume des vagues, dans une simplicité qui refuse les artifices pour mieux épouser le rythme pur de la côte.

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About This Les Quarante, Quebec Weather Page

This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Les Quarante, Quebec, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.

Location data for Les Quarante includes coordinates 48.396389°N, 64.580278°W, situated in Grande-Rivière; Le Rocher-Percé. Postal FSA: G4X. Telephone area code: 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873. Timezone: Eastern Time (UTC−5 / −4).

Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.