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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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+ L) b+ p: v0 H6 W& f. K* gEnvironment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013." k8 p0 D# K7 q; A2 K
6 R. f, @ _4 f. D; 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. y6 M* g* y& ~. f% u
# \5 t; e; u4 W5 G, @8 a! S* o( hAnaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.
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$ B7 W( e: _+ f) Q1 G7 L* z0 m$ v7 `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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: G( f2 @; g& G6 u8 z9 s' JHappy 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)
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Z! s& b& M9 C+ _; [8 ]Usually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.2 j9 N3 P2 P* w& G2 _" h4 Y# r
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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. ~+ W9 P S: f) _3 `
+ M$ q n3 w4 p"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."# O! w/ O! r4 j; O
8 N d* \9 h, l: x3 FAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.* s, U5 a/ r8 g& j6 R! S
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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./ P3 f5 y4 `' g4 f6 _
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She estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.
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, C0 r4 ^1 W, kSun-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.' O( ?4 t& u! _& q3 g8 Y
; f4 R9 w4 F$ |7 T"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.4 |8 W5 x9 a# }# z+ w8 e
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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.
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"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."2 R$ r W% `4 V! }1 q/ G& i4 p. H
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