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.

6 o9 w7 ~. Q4 K8 `8 \It 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.
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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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7 B) G% Z  l" B) rHappy 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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$ r5 U3 V, |+ S! T6 K) @; rKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)
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/ D' F' n. E# \& r2 y7 DUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.
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' d; _3 w9 y* o6 B% M  Z/ D1 J"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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7 i! B; q1 g. m" q, L. h"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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& q0 t) [" J& e1 c% tAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.

. y0 B8 ?# ^' y" E; z"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)

Chou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.
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: D, [3 i( N; \! X8 ]"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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