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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/ f) c4 w$ Z" R5 u3 iEnvironment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.
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( C( I, ^! j: _" \! IIt 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.

& Y8 k8 H! P5 m, [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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! p5 t6 L$ n5 h3 ?" d1 B/ j% XHappy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area
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$ q) a) D/ x: |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.

Kyle Makokis
$ z. g" s  V3 r3 h$ h# H" C2 }Kyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)

* v4 e4 o" h' uUsually 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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"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."

2 ?5 x7 E$ G: b" {: T8 f9 Y$ WAt 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.

She estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.

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) l$ j( ^1 F( v8 GSun-Mi Turner makes ice coffee to help her customers keep their cool. (Nola Keeler)
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' U+ B& n) h7 M# u( S" P( WChou 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.

7 r( ?" L& ]# sEven 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.

" {) i1 W5 K7 b- m; ^* W"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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