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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酷似广场舞。

Environment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.

  l' [7 K% h4 Q9 F) 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.
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Anaheim 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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Happy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area
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9 u/ v0 V* d# p" N4 `- wSo 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
# v0 |4 Z" U* u3 D! l1 U3 SKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)
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5 u9 ^2 H3 K8 C0 kUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.
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7 y# C2 e. \+ j8 X, F"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.

"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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! Q* ^1 \: T% d& {0 k8 |At the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.
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8 b. y/ s$ q6 M( x0 k"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.

) O" t: y8 [% MShe estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.

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! `/ g- R% I. K  c4 r+ q) ASun-Mi Turner makes ice coffee to help her customers keep their cool. (Nola Keeler)
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3 J6 o; T0 O) }) K# T' MChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.
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- i8 y6 {& [' p7 O"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.
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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.

* l) v; `9 H; M: g# w7 O/ S"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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