Hélène Côté holds a Master’s in Atmospheric sciences from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). In 1994, she joined what was to become the regional modeling group at UQÀM that developed the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM).

With Ouranos since 2002, Hélène Côté focuses on processing and analysis of simulations of regional climate models within the Climate Sciences team and on the dissemination of scientific information on climate and climate change.