Hot, hot heat: Edmontonians dancing for joy 广场舞到爱城

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Edmonton's record-breaking hot weather on Friday had Edmontonians out sunning themselves and believing that winter is finally over.
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酷似广场舞。

Environment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.
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It was even warmer in Edmonton than it was in Anaheim, Calif. where the Oilers are getting ready to face off against the Ducks in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series.
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Anaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.

* }/ Z7 x# H# l6 M, }. J% AIn Edmonton, people were quick to take advantage of the summer-like weather, after a long, wet and unseasonably cold spring.
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" f0 e, S# n/ F' o* I8 J$ XSo many people showed up at the Native Delights food truck in Churchill Square that the popular mobile eatery ran out of food within 45 minutes.
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Kyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)
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( ]) u6 }$ ?( p; Z+ E: d5 U* C, B" iUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.

+ u3 V/ g9 h8 M9 _0 M' D"When it's hot there's a lot of people just hanging out on the square here so that just brings in business all on its own," Makokis said.

"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."
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" y7 v7 S  S) a* s4 FAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.

"Usually we get a lot of coffees and lattes but today we get a lot of, like, cold ice coffees and blended cold drinks," said barista Joanna Chou.

She estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.
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# q/ o$ X% g3 Y+ D, J! t' kChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.

8 e% j& R$ q. I  ^& h5 \" q8 ]"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.

2 R! W9 q' Y; u& k! S6 I3 r. ^$ U: qEven though she's optimistic for the summer, the meteorologist said anyone who hasn't taken off their winter tires yet may want to wait a few more weeks.

. ^$ F. Q! |/ P0 z' U! a"The long range forecast is very spring-like but on average even May could see a couple centimetres of snow. It's not out of the question."

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