It's too hot :(

[jpaul]

hmmmh

To understand how much air conditioning costs in Texas, let’s look at the average Texas electricity bill. According to the EIA, the current average price of electricity in Texas is 14.74 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), and the average monthly electricity usage is 1,178 kWh. That brings the average Texas electricity bill to $173.64 per month.

Since air conditioning takes up approximately 28% of electricity consumption in most U.S. homes, Texans can expect to pay $48.62 per month for AC during the summer. Over the course of Texas’s hottest months, June–August, that would cost about $145.86.

Kew gardens seems to get all the temperature laurels .. is this just becasuse of warm air build up in large urban areas

 

[bainbridge]

It was hot last night in bed but without the covers I was fine. I can't sleep on them though because I get hot from beneath, so I put them on the floor and put them over me when it cooled in the night.

 

[Rroff]

How high do you have your heating?!

We use heating pretty sparingly unless it is properly cold.

 

[The Funktopus]

It’s taken from setting up and starting my portable AC @ 1600 until now for it to take a south facing bedroom from 29° to 24°

 

[Firegod]

yesterday was a real killer though, I'm glad the rest of the week seems to be nice and cool
Could do with a bit more wind near the city centre mind.

Yeah yesterday was ridiculous.

 

[Brackish]

It's hot but it beats winter.

 

[Shadowness]

This evening feels worse than yesterday.

 

[chrcoluk]

It's hot but it beats winter.

I prefer winter, its far easier to get warm than it is to cool down.

 

[chrcoluk]

It’s taken from setting up and starting my portable AC @ 1600 until now for it to take a south facing bedroom from 29° to 24°

Is that enough to feel the difference?

 

[Vinno]

I prefer winter, its far easier to get warm than it is to cool down.

Yeah agreed. Sleeping in winter is a blissful experience. In summer you just do everything you can to survive.

 

[Brackish]

I prefer winter, its far easier to get warm than it is to cool down.

I struggle to stay warm in winter even with 4 layers but I find it easier to cool down.
Funny things us humans.

 

[Meddling-Monk]

Is a hassle to set up the Portable Air-Con units here, wanted to wait out until tomorrow to set it up with better matching equipment, but couldn't wait. Air Con now in front and back bedrooms full force. 24C goal, long way to go for them right now. Will likely leave them attached up though for the foreseeable future. Especially for the front bedroom where my parent is (virtually bed bound, diabetic, falls risk, elderly) as they have a harder time regulating temps.

 

[uscool]

Yeah agreed. Sleeping in winter is a blissful experience. In summer you just do everything you can to survive.

Also have the window open slightly something about being toasty under the duvet while face gets nice cool breeze is soothing

 

[uscool]

It's hot but it beats winter.

I actually prefer walking in the winter lol , I easily warm up , also less people about. Summer difficult to cool down and more people about I swear some people are just NPC's with lack of awareness

 

[Kelt]

I just function better when it's hot.

My knees, back and joints appreciate being warm.

 

[StriderX]

The hotter it gets the more agitated people are, winter is a blessing.

With El Nino powering up I think we're headed for food shortages.

 

[Demon]

Still 30.5C here (8:30PM)!

Had to abandon gaming on the PC, it was 41C in the study!

 

[The Funktopus]

Is that enough to feel the difference?

I’ll let you know, but just briefly stepping in there to check the temp, it felt much better compared to last night.

Rather naively I thought that as the air temp dropped last night, then by logical deduction simply opening the windows once the temperature outside fell below that inside, should result in the temperatures equalising. It didn’t. By 5.00 this morning it was 17° outside, but in that bedroom it only had gone from 29° to 27°, so I spent the night trying to sleep in balls soup.

 

[Nabinium]

What's better a Dyson cool fan or portable AC?

Yeah proper AC is best but I can't afford that. And is it worth it for a few days of hot weather? I don't think so

How many times are people going to say this?

A few days of hot weather logic applied years ago. Not anymore.

Being comfortable in your own home is worth the investment.

 

[Raymond Lin]

How many times are people going to say this?

A few days of hot weather logic applied years ago. Not anymore.

Being comfortable in your own home is worth the investment.

Looking at next week's weather forecast...that AC is going back into the cupboard for at least a week! (If I got one)