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

; R' q! d: S# I% U) Y& pIt 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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2 l+ d* c; Z1 w9 ]- L, ?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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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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Kyle Makokis
: P' j# @: O. L& b( PKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)

! b( N0 `: l+ z# P/ dUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.
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5 P+ X' @9 o& A( a1 F2 a"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.

! ?# H, l- o' i& Z7 o"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."

  m6 P1 Y/ K9 B* D' [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.

+ T6 b& S9 W5 B: H: k, MShe estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.

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( g! [! b& y7 L, u5 xSun-Mi Turner makes ice coffee to help her customers keep their cool. (Nola Keeler)

Chou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.

& c' H2 O) F, O+ A1 h; }% k. e- O# D"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.

, ?  f% }4 c- p, U( oEven 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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6 k! v/ l8 X3 \: K& m3 O"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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