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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( N2 H4 ]. t; ~8 a& h3 v; @5 uEnvironment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.
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8 y) O" S2 {/ l' M+ kIt 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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Anaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.

$ b$ i$ ?5 E' Q2 R9 d; z% N1 [! wIn Edmonton, people were quick to take advantage of the summer-like weather, after a long, wet and unseasonably cold spring.
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* q% J0 E- A' ^4 ]' ?8 u# }Happy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area
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$ h$ ?- \% O5 X3 A1 G0 hSo 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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) x( S# V6 G( \Kyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)
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/ ~' G6 `% g' f* sUsually 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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# O/ g( C" H* [6 c, a6 Q"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."

7 Z: ?6 B: u5 F$ z! a# Y6 ]" k- VAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.

"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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Sun-Mi Turner
8 r$ P4 P( R0 _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.

  C0 N' o- V( }; I7 N3 l6 w# k$ z"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.

7 E) u2 r: p- q; s# x# t2 w! q1 r* ?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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