If you've been thinking the weather has been a little warmer than usual for the first week of October, you'd be right.

If you've been thinking the weather has been a little warmer than usual for the first week of October, you'd be right.

Several high temperatures were broken over the weekend - from the Island to the Interior.

At least nine communities saw their hottest days on record on Saturday, the first day of October.

That included a temperature of 24.8 C in Clearwater, which broke a 99 year record.

Comox and Courtenay both saw highs of 23 on Saturday, breaking old records of 22.9 C set in 1992.

The mercury crept up to 28 in Port Alberni, breaking a record set there in 1987.