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.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ed ... g-for-joy-1.4102173

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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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: g4 ~. p* Z& w& bIt 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.

Anaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.

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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3 d( F) K# }1 x- MHappy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area
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- H. h9 L& O9 p  I- R) k* mSo 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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/ j& Y' _3 [, I& EKyle Makokis
9 K$ I2 f, X2 a6 t9 G  x* Q3 F! V3 FKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)
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5 {& p+ Q7 K% d- H4 P: OUsually 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.
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"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."

+ A9 {2 a" ^8 m* E" \) k( X( w( ]& |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.
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8 m! |* A' P1 I$ u- M0 v" g* w# vShe 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)

& b8 c) i# z9 G# `Chou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.
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) X% m9 ^2 v& D0 J% Z% {+ v"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.
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! P1 j. q3 m9 ~5 }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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"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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