Southern Alberta and the foothills should be looking at fairly mild temperatures this fall.

The Chief Climatologist with Environment Canada, David Phillips says that doesn't mean it'll be nice every day, as we learned last year at about this time when we were hit with a massive snowstorm.

"Remember the big snowfall of last September, my gosh that shocked everybody across the country and people thought 'Oh my gosh it's going to be just a terrible winter, what happened to fall? We went from sweat to slush' and that was a bit of an oddity and that may or may not happen," Phillips says. "We clearly know in your area that having frost in September and snow on the pumpkin is not something that's unusual."

He says the average date for the first frost is Sept.16, so if it were to happen around that time it not that unusual.

Phillips says this week we're going to see the highs and lows of early fall weather with temperatures anywhere from the low 20's to the mid-teens.

He says for Alberta, Environment Canada is calling for it to be generally normal to kind of above normal.

"For the fall, for whole period, September, October, November it looks fairly like it will be milder than normal, and again it doesn't mean every day is going to be like that it just means that when we crunch all the numbers come say Remembrance Day or someday in November, then temperatures, if we're right, will be a little warmer than normal," he says.

This weekend's forecast is calling for a fair bit of rain and cooler temperatures.