Looking out the window, southwest residents would be forgiven for briefly forgetting that the region is currently engulfed in drought.

With cooler temperatures and a decent chance of some rainfall hitting in the next day or so, the area is getting a much-needed reprieve from temperatures in the low 30s and dry winds.

Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada however, warns that it's not going to last too much longer.

"Later on in the week we'll see another ridge of high-pressure build back in and bring a return to the heat and the dry, unfortunately. Looks to be towards Friday the heat starts picking back up Saturday and Sunday will be back in those low-to-mid thirties again."

For Swift Current in particular, the weekend is looking at highs of 35 on both Saturday and Sunday, with clear skies and little rainfall in the forecast.

Lang pins part of the blame for the dry conditions ironically on the dry conditions themselves; or the lack of crops more specifically, as much needed thunderstorms grab much of their moisture from the crops themselves.

"It's been so dry that the crops aren't producing the way they usually do. So we're not getting that moisture that actually leads to the thundershowers, which gives us more moisture which leads to more thundershowers. So you kind of get into that feedback system that has been so prevalent this summer."

She added that one other strange effect of the dry conditions has been the fact that there was not a single confirmed tornado touch-down in any of the prairie provinces in the month of July; something that she says is very uncommon.

"This summer's been particularly dry, and it's been very quiet with respect to severe weather. One of the quietest that I can remember. I don't think we had a tornado recorded in July in any Prairie province, which is very, very unusual. So that really speaks to how quiet the severe weather season has been. It's been more about the heat and the dryness and the smoke this summer versus you know, severe weather and tornadoes and hail and all that kind of stuff. It's been very odd that way."