Although the official start to winter is just a few weeks away, temperatures in southern Manitoba were rather spring-like in the past two days, even breaking a 104-year-old weather record in Winnipeg.

The daytime temperature in the Manitoba capital hit 9.7 C on Thursday afternoon, shattering the previous Nov. 24 heat record of 7.2 C that was set in 1907.

The warm air started drifting through the province on Wednesday and set six new records.

LocationNew recordOld record
Carman9.6 C7 C (1998)
Fisher Branch8.6 C8.2 C (2009)
Gretna12.5 C7.2 (1962)
McCreary9.7 C8.7 (1998)
Pinawa6.5 C6.1 (2009)
Sprague6.8 C5.9 (1998)

The hot spot in the province was Emerson at 12.7 C, though it was not a new record.

Winnipeg came less than a single degree of breaking a 134-year-old record on Wednesday, reaching a high of 7.2 C. The record, set in 1877, is 7.8 C.

But CBC Manitoba meteorologist John Sauder warns that the unseasonably mild weather won't last long. Cooler temperatures are expected to return Friday, followed by some snow over the weekend.

However, it will still be warmer than normal. The extended forecast through to Monday calls for daytime highs between 0 C and –2 C.

The normal daytime high is –4 C.