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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# f0 x/ k. O2 v* H8 E/ TEnvironment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.
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3 t/ K4 \6 O' T/ z% W+ y; AIt 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.

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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; _$ N, c) }# P: v8 {4 fHappy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area


- w* X$ @3 E& g) d. @/ b" T9 bSo 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
- B% O( A  o: p; MKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)

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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."
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) V7 ^$ k- P3 p6 YAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.

0 q2 d6 L3 b8 M' L"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.

9 ?- o+ _$ s" r2 L* |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.

* V9 E. C0 E# |3 N9 T/ W"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.
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5 i% R( D: W6 I& X7 r1 N% P"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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