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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( P- L. b& v: B6 |  QEnvironment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.
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2 u! R! U) M: h% G  qIt 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 R! g; u3 ~# iAnaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.

5 M/ R. q- d: O. {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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So 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)

Usually 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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1 D/ m0 d5 ^! _' F- @: R5 v" W/ P"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.
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"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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Sun-Mi Turner makes ice coffee to help her customers keep their cool. (Nola Keeler)
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2 o0 ]/ t% y( i2 P- iChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.
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" \. N0 [; G1 e/ I- Z6 ?1 ?* j"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.
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3 @( f: u, N5 l+ r! a. F; vEven 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.

"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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