A heat wave camped out in southwestern Saskatchewan helped shatter several temperature records in the region yesterday.

Swift Current's daytime high peaked at 31.8 C at 3 p.m. ousting a 133-year-old September 28 record of 29.4 C.

A ridge of high pressure is the culprit behind the balmy conditions but that's not the only reason temperature records are falling.

"What we're seeing with climate change is more extremes," said Alysa Pederson, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. "This I would say can be classified as an extreme event but it could be happening more frequently, so this year, next year, and the year after type of thing."

Another rationale behind yesterday's record being broken is, it was Swift Current's lone September mark that wasn't 30 C or warmer.

"What it's telling me is with all these records in southwestern Saskatchewan being shattered, it's like a degree or two, it's that we haven't had warm events on September 28 in a while," she said. "We've had warm events before and after [that date]."

Maple Creek was the hot spot in the southwest reaching 32.4 C blowing past its 2010 record at 28.7 C. Leader wasn't far behind at 32.3 C beating their previous mark of 31.7 C in 1967. And Eastend also broke a daytime high hitting 29.6 C edging past the 27.5 C record, recorded in 2010.

The extremely warm weather is expected to persist for at least today with daytime temperatures beginning to taper off as the weekend approaches.