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This is the current conditions weather report for Rimouski. The report was made 44 minutes ago, at 03:00 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 31.5 kilometers per hour / 20 miles per hour with gusts up to 31.5 kilometers per hour / 20 miles per hour from the westnorthwest (290°). The temperature was -19°C / -2°F, with a dew-point at -19°C / -2°F. The temperature felt like -31°C / -24°F. The atmospheric pressure was 1001 hPa / 29.53 inHg. The relative humidity was 49%. The skies were mostly cloudy with light showers snow.

Rimouski is a Canadian city (ville) on the western part of Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Rimouski River.

This town, with a population of 41,549 in 2001, offers several tourist attractions. With the new Desjardins-Telus theatre and the expansion of the industrial district to include many department stores, Rimouski has become a major service centre for the region.

Rimouski is a major regional centre and is home of several institutions such as Université du Québec à Rimouski and CEGEP de Rimouski. It is the seat for the Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality.

Rimouski has a rich cultural life. Each year, it hosts a jazz festival (Festi Jazz International de Rimouski) and a film festival for children (Carrousel international du film de Rimouski). One of its main tourist attractions is the Musée de la mer (Museum of the Sea), which is centred on the Empress of Ireland disaster and the Pointe-au-Père lighthouse. The museum commemorates the most fatal shipwreck after the Titanic tragedy in the 20th century.

The city is the host each year of the Book Show of Rimouski, oldest of all the events of the kind in Quebec. It was created in 1964 by a group of impassioned women of literature and who wished to make the literature more accessible to the young public. The Show presents each year more than 125 authors of the area and besides, representing more than 300 quebecers publishers distributed on some 75 stands. Supported by Canada Heritage, the Canada Council of the Arts, the Society of development of the cultural companies of Quebec and the city of Rimouski, the event attracts more than 8000 visitors each year in November.

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