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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9 a' C7 h9 X& M# |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.

# R- o( V6 J( l4 m5 S* H) f* ]In Edmonton, people were quick to take advantage of the summer-like weather, after a long, wet and unseasonably cold spring.
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$ a- z7 o. ]- W6 H  v/ OHappy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area


% k6 f# M# o1 Q4 `- vSo 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
, t. V* K1 k& H9 kKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)
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Usually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.
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"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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At 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.

# {; w' ]1 @/ X: Q0 @; n0 B2 a: yShe estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.
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Sun-Mi Turner makes ice coffee to help her customers keep their cool. (Nola Keeler)
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Chou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.

0 w+ V- }6 F, @& ]"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.
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Even 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.
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2 g4 j4 s' G" S! c# h"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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