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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6 N. Q8 O! g% h; L' nEnvironment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.

  n" a* P9 W; B' ]6 [, OIt 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.

/ g0 }2 w& C6 T* }: J: A9 R, FAnaheim 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.
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$ i( |3 `- O0 B) b# p7 KSo 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
4 d9 ]2 G! }( p$ z' P" l% YKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)

* k, a. x9 H/ [2 `. QUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.

"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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At the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.
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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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) F- P. H  s: {  P+ `. r& KShe estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.
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Sun-Mi Turner
Sun-Mi Turner makes ice coffee to help her customers keep their cool. (Nola Keeler)
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5 K& |3 c/ ?! Q( Q9 n8 ~/ R% u( DChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.

: ?) ?7 g- |2 r"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.
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0 ~  ]) b# S- X0 `  {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.

4 u1 y8 E  F1 G" n' R. x4 M"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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