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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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Environment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.1 w) m3 Z% i, u: z* l
9 |* ~2 H/ [8 H. t* e0 l, JIt 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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! \- a3 E( l3 X& n: {. ~Anaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.
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In Edmonton, people were quick to take advantage of the summer-like weather, after a long, wet and unseasonably cold spring.& ]* F8 ?9 y" R+ h1 P3 B
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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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$ Q1 w8 ^6 }8 }# s% MKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)/ J( X$ I/ P- |/ W, f3 D0 T5 L
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Usually 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.! x+ w: b2 |4 f9 q3 m" E c" U
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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."
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+ y8 @2 y! _ Q: a3 QAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.6 B0 p/ C* f, J9 r; g( G; r
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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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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)
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Chou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.; Z: F3 T2 M* e" U
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"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.
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; d! ^* C# \: L$ J) ^* |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. \$ ]7 K& @% _. N
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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."- j9 m9 I! t6 W! {/ B) e( r" d
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