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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酷似广场舞。

Environment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.

% k4 i: ~# j& N8 F0 t1 TIt 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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7 V/ s: V1 ]' H& z. r2 j5 V( YAnaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.

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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- O. X$ i: n% ~Happy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area
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% W0 I5 M: C+ t4 O; aSo 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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7 F& O% J" e- C; Q8 N+ H1 [7 c5 u- XKyle Makokis
Kyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)
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, O  q& \$ ]( z5 AUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.
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"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 r8 L/ G; J4 _3 j"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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. N5 Y$ r" x% p9 w; b  j2 B& KAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.

& r5 N" O, r/ U# {7 g0 U2 H5 _"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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1 @- B! u4 F# F) A- \8 U6 UChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.

) d9 X1 s3 A$ A2 H1 ^$ Q"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.

! K! u8 c* |) z+ OEven 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.

2 Q. ?. \' g, z  q+ g"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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