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.

( G% G3 h9 M7 p* L/ f/ k: g* XAnaheim 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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9 q* B, X; A5 [" i% vSo 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)

& `, ]3 j, N3 N, \) X% M5 SUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.
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% Y* m9 k4 f2 J  h: L"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.

' k3 y4 b) l8 H: _; f( z"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."

: a' K& A2 p4 r) HAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.

% x4 o8 k4 _. c2 V: T( _& U* ?"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.

! f/ ?- y8 i" E; \; z: NShe 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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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.

% r. o( |# D# B' x1 a8 B' MEven 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.

1 \$ V$ j' O8 b"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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