People might have noticed this past May was a warm one.

How warm? Not record setting, but it was in the top five per cent of Mays that Swift Current has had, going back 133 years.

Meteorologist John Paul Cragg of Environment Canada said the average temperature was 14.6 degrees celsius over the month.

"Normally in May the average temperature is around 10.9, so it was 3.7 degrees celsius warmer than average, which puts this past May as the sixth-warmest in Swift Current's history going back 133 years," he said. "So very, very warm May this past May. And we had a similar situation across most of Saskatchewan."

May was the warmest on record for both Regina and LaRonge, according to Cragg, who added that Swift Current was "very close" to having its hottest May.

Contributing were a lot of sun and warm winds from the south.

"Meteorologically I can say that this May was warm because we had some good southerly flows that brought warm air up from the US into Saskatchewan that really helped warm things up," said Cragg. "And also the dry conditions meant that there weren't a lot of clouds throughout the month and the sun really got a chance to do its job. Now that it's high in the sky, there's lots of the sun's energies to be absorbed by the ground, and when you get a sunny day this time of year, things can really warm up."