'Unseasonably warm conditions' lead to 20 temperature records falling in B.C.

A warm fall day across B.C. led to 20 temperature records falling in the province Monday, preliminary data from Environment Canada shows.

A warm fall day across B.C. led to 20 temperature records falling in the province Monday, preliminary data from Environment Canada shows.

The federal forecaster said the heat was due to a ridge of high pressure across the province, which "led to clear skies and unseasonably warm conditions."

The record-breaking temperatures came just a day after 11 other records fell in the province. 

Many of Monday's broken temperature records were decades old, including one that was more than a century old. On Sept. 26 in 1918 it got as warm as 27.8 C in Port Alberni. But this year, the mercury rose to 29.5 C on that date.

Other temperature records that were broken Monday, according to Environment Canada, are:

High temperatures in Metro Vancouver are expected to hover around 20 C for the rest of the week. Environment Canada's forecast for the region predicts mostly sun, except on Wednesday, when there's a chance of showers throughout the day.

Forecasters with the Weather Network predicted earlier this month B.C.'s fall season would start warm and dry, but change to a much wetter weather pattern in October and November.