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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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.
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9 c; X4 \$ R6 X6 ^6 _4 |6 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.

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.
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0 K$ W2 ~. d) _; x5 J' zSo 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.

3 ]) F* L, H) }+ b8 Y1 O: cKyle Makokis
' y6 U& [/ u! H$ `Kyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)

& o7 d9 H6 y; A8 LUsually 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.

+ v2 ^8 g- }( j- _# N- t1 N"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."

5 a1 [# c) W+ \% Q" z/ fAt 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.
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( ?9 ^: D8 v- v8 v3 Q3 [' L+ B3 MShe 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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' J: t1 d" e5 o) o2 k! A" iChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.
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"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.

3 M7 f: r6 o5 O( x* j"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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