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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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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9 q3 C; A2 m. o3 nIt 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.

) h! Y* c4 p5 ZIn Edmonton, people were quick to take advantage of the summer-like weather, after a long, wet and unseasonably cold spring.
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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
- r0 o# f2 u. q; e, ]' G* P6 A" B: e; fKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)

2 d, ~) s4 r& t; |  WUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.

, @$ E& _( z0 a$ ?; e1 m"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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) W' r0 I( S* E8 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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At the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.

, B: d% U2 y; F" G6 Y: 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.

She estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.
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3 `. N. S; S8 a* E  A6 l3 ISun-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.

"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.
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- r  a8 \; L8 K4 PEven 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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/ e& q! Z$ x* T% E" R5 d  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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