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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' g: O/ X1 o( d8 E+ Q: a0 Q$ lEnvironment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.

0 i% s5 b* s& s* e& n! D# DIt 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.
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0 o/ S+ \4 Q- D5 ^5 ?/ b" u5 bIn 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 s4 H& B. I( @* l+ d- FHappy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area
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5 S' G3 j+ |6 F4 S4 zSo 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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' N: b4 W' K# C! I" xKyle 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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- N9 _+ d. R; o3 [# x"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."

. h3 K" S( {2 C/ [! G% ^, }At the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.

' S% x; [' p; d4 ]! I"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)

! Z5 a7 Z0 y; uChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.
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9 W3 i+ a4 d4 ^3 D+ U& ^5 b"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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' Q' |  `5 Z  {3 ^" @/ P"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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