Record-breaking temperatures have felt like the normal over the last week and Friday was no different as Swift Current, and 13 other communities from across the province experienced record-setting temperatures.

Swift Current saw the temperature dip to -23.2 C Friday morning breaking the old record of -18.9 C that was set in 1923.

John Paul Cragg, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, says that these cold temperatures should start to fade out by next week.

"There is a little bit of a warm-up on the way," he said. "When I say a little bit, I mean it's going to warm up drastically from what you guys have been experiencing lately, but we're still forecasting temperature to be below the average of this time of year."

The average temperature for Swift Current this time of year is a high of +10 C and a low of -3 C.

Cragg says that he expects temperatures to rise above zero.

'We are looking at temperatures getting above zero for daytime highs by the time we get to the beginning of next week but temperatures dipping below zero for overnight lows maybe getting down to between -5 C and -10 C," he said. "Temperatures are a lot warmer than what we've seen, but again average temperatures are highs of 10s, and lows of -3's so still below that average for this time of year."

Cragg says that this last week of cold temperatures has been due to a high-pressure ridge.

"A ridge of high pressure was sitting across the prairies, and that was thanks to the circulation of the atmosphere that's been bringing cold arctic are from the Northwest Territories down into Saskatchewan and into the prairies," he said. "It has made for some desperately cold temperatures this time of year."

Cragg added that the last time Swift Current experienced temperatures this cold in April was in 2013.

Looking ahead, Cragg says that it doesn't look like we'll experience another drop in temperatures.

"As we look further into April the changes of a big dip in temperature get lower and lower," he said. "There is nothing indicating in the models a return to really frigid temperatures. The Arctic is warming up as well the rest of the northern hemisphere now that we have some long days and more sun ahead of us. Because of that as we get further into April, the air from the Arctic will be less and less cold, so the chances of seeing really cold blasts like we saw at the beginning of April starts to disappear."

Though the weather will be warming up, it's not all good news as Cragg said Swift Current is expected to receive some snow tonight and into tomorrow morning.

"We are expecting maybe 5 to 10 cm of snow Saturday night through into Sunday morning," he said. "There is a system that is going to be passing through Saturday it's going to be moving down through the states, and it will be bringing a decent amount of snow through southern Alberta and extreme southwestern Saskatchewan."

Other records set the morning of April 6.

Assiniboia Area
New record of -21.2
Old record of -19.4 set in 1975

Broadview Area
New record of -21.4
Old record of -21.0 set in 1979

Elbow Area
New record -20.3
Old record of -19.4 set in 1936

Estevan Area
New record of -20.6
Old record of -17.3 set in 1979

Kindersley Area
New record of -27.3
Old record of -22.8 set in 1948

Leader Area
New record -19.7
Old record of -17.8 set in 1936

Moose Jaw area
New record of -20
Old record of 18.3 set in 1936

Regina Area
New record of -23.0
Old record of -20.0 set in 1936

Rosetown area
New record of -28.8
Old record of -20.0 set in 1920

Saskatoon area
New record of -23.0
Old record of -20.0 set in 1920

Watrous area
New record of -21.6
Old record of -17.5 set in 1979

Weyburn area
New record of -21.6
Old record of -16.5 set in 1979

Wynyard area
New record of -21.3
Old record of -18.5 set in 1979