Poste Montagnais is a community in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. It is served by the Poste Montagnais Airport. Its mainly serves the Hydro-Québec

Hydro-Québec

Hydro-Québec is a government-owned public utility established in 1944 by the Government of Quebec. Based in Montreal, the company is in charge of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity across Quebec....

's electrical substation

Electrical substation

A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important functions...

, "Poste Montagnais" (Montagnais Substation) in the Côte-Nord

Côte-Nord

Côte-Nord is the second largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec...

 region, approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) south of the border of Labrador

Labrador

Labrador is the distinct, northerly region of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It comprises the mainland portion of the province, separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle...

. It is located in the extreme western part of the Minganie Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Minganie Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Minganie is a regional county municipality of Quebec in Canada. The regional seat is Havre-Saint-Pierre. Anticosti Island is included within this region. It has a land area of ....

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Climate

Poste Montagnais has a subarctic climate

Subarctic climate

The subarctic climate is a climate characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool to mild summers. It is found on large landmasses, away from the moderating effects of an ocean, generally at latitudes from 50° to 70°N poleward of the humid continental climates...

 (Koppen climate classification

Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...

 Dfc with long cold winters and short warm summers. The warmest temperature recorded was 33 °C (91.4 °F) on June 23, 1989. The coldest temperature recorded was -50 C on January 30, 1976. Poste Montagnais has pretty much uniform precipitation throughout the year with slightly more in the summer months. During the winter Poste Montagnais accumulates 286.1 centimetres (112.64 in) of snow which melts in the spring.