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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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.

6 M+ j3 L; U/ _3 L$ dAnaheim 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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Happy 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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Kyle Makokis
Kyle 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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"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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* ~- S6 c3 H+ K6 F"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."

2 L8 M; J% d. `1 a4 BAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.
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0 P* Z1 N5 E2 u& m2 Z% ^( b. t: v"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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( D; H# X  c' ?, Y/ M$ RChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.

3 S. Y+ i) f2 j! @"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.

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4 l, H% Q5 g4 o  g' o6 G, E2 |- I"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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