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。

0 s5 |/ K  n+ P  t* R3 gEnvironment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.

. ?6 i# O; D( R% ~, D% s% oIt 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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5 E5 S7 L- @& l# H4 O3 {9 f% l0 I+ n) cAnaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.
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* H! l5 @3 n4 ?/ m: ]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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' ~0 P( p4 e3 Z# Y) fHappy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area
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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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, V9 o3 U6 l" e/ vKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)
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- F: h; C5 G6 v) Y0 o% XUsually 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.

"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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( C7 V  s: M6 H; {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.

3 h' m: a5 \5 ~4 ?! k' OShe estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.

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9 j" ^3 t+ P0 p) X& L  vSun-Mi Turner makes ice coffee to help her customers keep their cool. (Nola Keeler)
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; y( u& w* L5 f8 q% RChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.

"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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"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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