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。
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2 N4 {( D  I3 }1 Q  B7 Z# SEnvironment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.
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# m4 e* X- z2 l$ lIt 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.

3 k4 u0 @- n4 @7 LAnaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.
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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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4 y9 q& i- ?8 s( DHappy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area
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1 c1 k' D4 K) d; h$ }- H- w0 iSo 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.

# ]7 K2 x, n% q2 uKyle Makokis
Kyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)

! q( ]* l/ p& VUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.

"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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+ ]! ~) v* U. F9 Y& x( q"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."

3 K/ O& g. Q7 i, }1 Z( q% t- ]3 BAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.
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% ?# d" j$ O& n: G# r- G8 c: z8 X"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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She estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.

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' X, W% C6 s  I; @: l6 {" E0 `9 USun-Mi Turner makes ice coffee to help her customers keep their cool. (Nola Keeler)

1 R1 l1 q; O' s; u; e* [Chou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.

) v% I; h& ^7 C" n3 f"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.
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; _% n, W# ^2 j0 T3 ^- Q4 uEven 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.

3 \! c. h: ~; G" B"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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