Winter Road Conditions on Québec Transport Network

Daily winter road condition data for highways managed by Québec's Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility. The dataset includes historical compilations for years 2015 through 2020, with daily updates between October 15 and April 15. Conditions are represented as colors on a linear network, indicating visibility and snow blade presence.

Use Cases

• Analyze winter road condition patterns and changes over the 2015-2020 historical period
• Map visibility and snow blade presence data onto a linear road network for spatial analysis
• Model seasonal road condition transitions using daily updates from October 15 to April 15

Strengths

• Provides multi-year historical coverage from 2015 through 2020
• Data is updated daily during winter months and whenever conditions change
• Offers multiple file formats including SHP, GEOJSON, and CSV for flexibility

Limitations

• Specific column names, row counts, and dataset size are unknown
• Outside the October 15 to April 15 period, only partial or covered condition data is transmitted
• Metadata was machine-translated, which may introduce inaccuracies in description

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec

Collection Method

Daily compilation of road condition data from the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility (MTMD)

Time Range

Historical years: 2015, 2016, 2017,我们发现2018, 2019, 2020; daily updates during winter season

Freshness

Updated daily between 3 am and 6 am during winter season, with last platform update on 2026-03-25

Geography

Roads and highways managed by Québec's MTMD