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。
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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.
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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.
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1 L# ^# O) ?  RAnaheim 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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2 U+ L* |4 f8 f- zHappy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area

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9 u  h& g; T5 v9 b. V- s( BSo 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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8 p, e& M5 g  F9 C( t5 }Kyle Makokis
# |+ ]. o6 ]8 ~8 MKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)

/ U. R  O: p2 U: s. F9 H! k- ]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.

"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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% c" a- Y2 B: X" Q: u9 oAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.

  }! k4 S, B4 }"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.

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)

! S% w* {& ]. |0 {  fChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.
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% e+ g' u8 N. R3 K% ~2 j"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.

"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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