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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" }/ r$ A+ Z# n/ a9 _- |% ?* K3 @Environment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.

  a' Z' [7 e- n; B% [! h& ?$ {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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7 ^9 p: w+ P6 {) {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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! r$ c9 W$ W9 v0 f2 FHappy 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 says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)

- c1 j, t7 Z9 [% g7 kUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.
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- f  A. E+ i3 \3 A"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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& p. B) R  \/ C+ H3 W5 I"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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' K5 n& H) i- n( w9 u  bAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.
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"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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/ W( L5 u3 ]+ q$ m7 [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)

  I" T! P1 w- M9 yChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.
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"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.
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+ I7 q9 E, i: A8 Y/ QEven 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.

! c4 ]" W4 k% {. o"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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