How hot is it for you?

[debtfreeme]

Here in Sacramento at 445 it is 100 forcast is 104.

At what point will you turn on AC?

I will go home, sit down stairs and turn on a fan. Maybe turn on AC to cool upstairs for 20 minutes but not much more. Run whole house fan after it gets dark and it cools off.

What about you and where you are?

[Diolla]

Here in Eastern KS it is 81 inside my house. If it stays this way I will save TONS on electricity this year. Haven't even set up the pool cause it's been cool enough without. Probably won't now cause it wouldn't be worth the expense for 2 months of swimming. (filter, chemicals etc)

[jodi]

About 90 here today. I can survive without AC, but my parents wanted to have it on, so it's going full speed right now (68 in the house). We have a pool too, which REALLY helps.

[Bookie]

East Tenn. 93 with 48% humidity at 3:30.

The A/C is on. Thermostat is set for 80 degrees, and I use ceiling fans to circulate the air.

[getforfree]

Originally Posted by debtfreeme

Here in Sacramento at 445 it is 100 forcast is 104.

At what point will you turn on AC?

I will go home, sit down stairs and turn on a fan. Maybe turn on AC to cool upstairs for 20 minutes but not much more. Run whole house fan after it gets dark and it cools off.

What about you and where you are?

Hi, debtfreeme, I am in Sacramento too.
Yes, it is really hot, and will be hotter this weekend. Today we had AC on 79 from about 9 am to 7 pm. Then we opened the windows. We keep a few windows open for whole night.

Me and the kids like to go for a walk at about 10 pm when it gets cool and nice. Today, I mean yesterday already, its 2:45 am, we walked for about an hour. It was nice, and you don't need a sunblock, because its dark ourside. Yes, I am a night person, and usually have more enegry at 9 pm than at 9am. I will have to wake up at 5:30 to get my dh ready for work, get the hanging laundry from outside, fold it and then sleep for another 2 hrs untill the kids get up(that's after having a coffe with dh, coffe doesn't work on me).

So, get ready, it's gonna get really hot, still better than snow and frost in the winter in some other areas.

[PrincessPerky]

July 4th....We will turn it on July 4th. I can practially gurantee we need it by then every year (we need it now!) and the kids can't sleep thru the fireworks (neighborhood people do it all hours of night and July5th AM)

The reason we picked a date and not anything else is ease, everytime I am melting I can repeat the mantra "July 4th is only 2 weeks away" I can make it 2 weeks (though the other day DH said 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours and 10 mintues, but he was kidding, his math was even wrong! or maybe that was the heat cooking is brain....)

The outside is around 90-100 (or more, knowing only makes it worse) and inside is around 85-90 (or more, knowing only makes it worse) But we have a hose, and a pool, and some fans, and icecream . and more useful water, lots of water.

Anyway it could be worse, I could be in Africa, I could have no electricity...I could have no roof, fan or clean water....

[lillyb]

Oklahoma here, we've been seeing triple digits for about a month now. Have had the AC on since the beginning of May. My dh refuses to sweat in the heat all day and come home to a hot house. And since he works between 60-65 hours a week I will not complain. While he's not home I set it about 76 degrees, turn it down a bit when he comes home. At night I turn it back up to about 76 and turn the fans on.

Our temps we've had already makes me really nervous to think about what August will bring....

[mschluckbier]

Southern Indiana here...have had some triple digit days, but not many, mostly 80s, 90s or raining like crazy (wierd indiana weather). We do have the AC on, turn it off at night, when my fiancee isnt home I set it around 78 or 79, when he comes home he drops it to 74. Like a few others here, he works hard, and he brings home more bacon than I do, so I dont say much for the couple hours a day its set like that. While we're both out of the house during the day its off.

[Ima saver]

It was 97 here in North Georgia yesterday. I use to keep the a/c set on about 71 or 72 and upstairs set even lower. After joining this forum, I am trying to do better. I have it set on 76 downstairs, and off upstairs. My husband does gripe, so i turn it lower when he gets home at night. I don't know how some of you can stand it in the 80's inside the house. We have no screens, so can't open the windows at night. (hubby does like screens either, they are all in the attic)

[nanamom]

In Wisconsin they say that i fyou don't like the weather, wait a day and it will change. It has been quite hot here (probably would only class it as balmy for you CA and NC people) around 80 to 90 the past couple days. It cools off at night a bit and DS2 still uses a blanket. We do have the AC on, DH can't seem to cope without it. I turn it off during the day and if I don't open the doors it stays pretty nice. We are all sick with colds right now so we aren't going outside much. I remember growing up in PA and when it was summer we wore swimsuits all day and whenever we got hot we'd go did in the pool til we were comfortable then get back to work till we were hot again. I haven't even set up the kiddie pool for DS2 this year the bugs are too numerous outside (ticks) If we move south we are going to have to make more money because the heat gets to both of us and there is alot of heat there!

[boefixepa]

I am trying to wait as long as humanly possible to turn the AC on. So far the worst it has been is one Sunday (Note the weekends are the only days were I am home all day) that was in the high 90s. It was tough and I ended up napping out on the porch swing to get by. I do alright until the inside temp hits about 85. Since I am not home until 5:30 - 6pm I generally get by alright. I can 'tuff out' an hour or two in the evenings as long as I am not doing much. If am exercising, doing the lawns, or out with the dogs it helps and then by the time I'm ready to sit and do nothing it's cooled off nicely. So far so good. I am going to have to put a post up the day I break down and turn the AC on.

[DivaJen]

Here at the coast it's been upper 60's/low 70's. Go inland about 15 miles and temps go up to the 90's!

I wish it would warm up - we're in full June-gloom with fog every day right now, and it's depressing.

[Bookie]

East Tenn. 93 at 1:00 with 41% humidity. Yuck!

Ima, don't you miss being able to open the windows? I have them open as much as possible in the cool of the day to air things out. Otherwise, the place begins to feel stale and claustrophobic even with the A/C and fresh filters.

[mverch]

Over 90 in North Carolina, but it was much hotter for a 'possum that got trapped in our attic!

My husband live-trapped him last night & the poor thing was sweating to death.

We figured out where he had gotten in, so we sealed things up & released the (much relieved) 'possum.

[PrincessPerky]

Originally Posted by Bookie

Ima, don't you miss being able to open the windows? I have them open as much as possible in the cool of the day to air things out. Otherwise, the place begins to feel stale and claustrophobic even with the A/C and fresh filters.

Yeah I second that question, some springs I open em and freeze a bit just to get fresh air in!

[cschin4]

Hi, I'm in PA.

We have central air. If it is going to be over 80, I set it and leave it on at about 72-74. Central AC needs to just be left on for it to cycle and work properly.
We both have allergies so I don't open the windows in the spring. Can't put fans in the windows or end up sneezing constantly.

[Lenae]

I went until late May without the AC, the summer started later this year in Oklahoma but unfortunately now its in the triple digits. If I'm hot I have to have the AC on or my skin starts to break out, thanks to my eczema.

[kealina]

Originally Posted by Lenae

I went until late May without the AC, the summer started later this year in Oklahoma but unfortunately now its in the triple digits. If I'm hot I have to have the AC on or my skin starts to break out, thanks to my eczema.

i can definately understand the eczema problem... not only do i have eczema but i also have uncommonly (according to a dermatologist) sensitive skin sometimes... my skin has been fairly irritable most of the summer... it actually welted up in large patches when i scratched it... the worst i ever had it... so we've been turning the AC on when it's really hot and at night to help us fall asleep... other than that, we're pretty lucky as several factors keep our house cool... we have a good shade trees that shelter downstairs and upstairs our location is particularly good for the ocean/mountain breezes that keep us from baking.
i did see the news though and realize we are relatively lucky that we're only in the 80's and maybe 90's with humidity...

[Thrifty Ray]

so hot, I could fry my eggs on the sidewalk (if I had a sidewalk and actually liked fried eggs...which I dont).... sorry, Ill blame the 'lame' on the heat.

[boefixepa]

Forcast for 102 today and 105 on Sat.....grr....then comes the rain thank goodness!! 90's next week.

This is the hottest time of the year for us....after mid august the trend starts downward, that's if the weather does the 'normal' trend.