Summer Heat: Would You Like 105 F Instead?

[dlgoff]

I have a pretty nice AC unit. It can barely keep the house under 76 tonight, and the compressor is running continuously. Is there no climate change? It would be hard to convince me.

I installed two window AC units that are high efficient so I wouldn't have to run the old central AC system. But this week, I've been running all three. :$$$$$$:

 

[Astronuc]

"Baby, there's weather outside"?

It's all in the enthalpy.

 

[Evo]

I installed two window AC units that are high efficient so I wouldn't have to run the old central AC system. But this week, I've been running all three. :$$$$$$:

Just thinking of what my electric bill will look like is making me sick. I'm keeping the thermostat around 75 and have fans blowing directly on me and the Fruit Bat, he can't take the slightest bit of heat.

I'm sure I will have a near death experience when I get the bill.

The absolute worse was one month at my old house $600 for one month! IIRC, that was a severely cold month and I had electric heat.

 

[Astronuc]

In Houston, I used to spray water on the roof and south facing wall of the house. The evaporation cooled the house.

Fortunately, we had a magnolia in front of the east side of the house, and an oak tree in front of the west side of the house, and a neighbor's oak tree gave us shade in the afternoon.

 

[dlgoff]

Just thinking of what my electric bill will look like is making me sick. I'm keeping the thermostat around 75 and have fans blowing directly on me and the Fruit Bat, he can't take the slightest bit of heat.

One of my window AC units is in the bedroom. At bed time, I crank its thermostat down and spin up a box fan too. I like sleeping under covers.

 

[Evo]

One of my window AC units is in the bedroom. At bed time, I crank its thermostat down and spin up a box fan too. I like sleeping under covers.

I have to sleep cold, or I won't sleep.

 

[turbo]

I have to sleep cold, or I won't sleep.

Me too, and it's a balance between where and how. I need the AC to survive the heat in the main part of the house, but then there's the the AC unit in the bedroom that I need to try to survive the overnight. Both are on the same circuit (unfortunately) and they can't both be on at the same time. I don't want to pay to have my house re-wired, and have no excess capacity in the breaker-box, anyway, so I have to juggle the cooling manually.

 

[dlgoff]

I have to sleep cold, or I won't sleep.

Me too, and it's a balance between where and how

When I'm under the covers and get too warm, I regulate my body temperature (in fine increments) by slipping a leg, a foot, or down to a toe out from under the cover.

 

[Kevin_Axion]

Yes, this was the temperature this afternoon in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. That's 113 degrees Fahrenheit for anyone wondering.

 

[WhoWee]

Just thinking of what my electric bill will look like is making me sick. I'm keeping the thermostat around 75 and have fans blowing directly on me and the Fruit Bat, he can't take the slightest bit of heat.

I'm sure I will have a near death experience when I get the bill.

The absolute worse was one month at my old house $600 for one month! IIRC, that was a severely cold month and I had electric heat.

The last 2 years I WISH my electric bill was $600 in the summer - central a/c, 7 tv's/cable boxes, electric stove, 4+ computers, washing machine @ 2+ loads/day and equal dryer runs, 6-7 ceiling fans, swimming pool filter, 2 refrigerators, sandwich cooler, 2 freezers, beer cooler, Pepsi bottle cooler, deck lights, security lights, 14 chargers (I counted), an average of 6 light bulbs ALWAYS ON (again I counted), garage door opener, toaster and toaster oven, 2 microwaves, 2 commercial blender, commercial ice machine, soft serve ice cream machine, smoothie machine, snow cone machine, (weekends only) cotton candy machine, carbonator pump for Coke machine, filter machine for fryer, electric fryer, commercial hood fan, attic fAN, 2 car hp wash pumps, air compressor for 5 lp car wash pumps and cw vacs (plus central vac sys), elephant ear/donut/beignet fryer, plus a whole lot of stereos and other things...forgot the "Texas toast machine, the gyro machines and the commercial electric rotisserie oven/warmer

 

[turbo]

There you go. Those chargers (for phones, etc) will eat you up every time.

 

[Astronuc]

10 ways to keep cool at home without A/C
http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/10-ways-to-keep-cool-at-home-without-a-c-2514394/

and in the bedroom or before one goes to sleep
http://www.networx.com/article/the-best-options-for-cooling-bedrooms-th

Ice filled water jugs is a good idea. Freeze them at night and use during the day.

 

[Andre]

Another way of keeping cool at night, get yourself a water bed. great for sore backs but you can also set the thermostat low brrr.

 

[turbo]

Another nasty day here. It's already 93 in the shade with humidity around 80%. Just taking Duke out for a little walk is taxing.

 

[WhoWee]

I jumped in the pool last night to cool off. The air temp was 90 and the water was 88 - not very cooling - then difficult to dry off.

The good news is I just saw a leaf move - could a breeze be possible next?

 

[Evo]

Luckily, the end has started, lower temperatures have begun in the north central US, currently only 71 in Chicago. It's 95 here.

 

[turbo]

We're not forecast to get "normal" temperatures until Sunday at best. Until then we'll live under heat advisories and ozone alerts.

 

[WhoWee]

I was just on the phone with an associate in New York when the news reported 102 in NYC - a new record for the day! My associate laughed and said he saw a few young men cooking hot dogs on a baking sheet (on the sidewalk) at lunch time. He said the buns were warmed in their bag.

 

[turbo]

My brother-in-law just dropped into pick up our spare floor-model air-conditioner to take to our mother-in-law's house. Her house is poorly insulated and the heat and humidity are brutal. Currently 96 degrees in the shade. Correction. I had to answer the door, and it is now 97 and climbing.

 

[rhody]

I briefly stuck my head out for a moment from an a/c office and it feels like 100 degrees F with about 80% humidity, no wind, dead calm, I tried to take a couple deep breaths for full effect and came to this conclusion. IT IS PLAIN NASTY... Indoor projects only today.

Rhody ...

 

[Evo]

We're expecting temps mostly in the mid 90's next week again, with a couple of days in the high 80's, then into the 80's finally toward the end of next week.

Thank goodness there is a constant breeze, 13mph, and low humidity 42%, so it makes it more bearable.

 

[Astronuc]

Weatherunderground reports 100°F in our area. The thermometer on the east side of the house, now in the shade, indicates 99°F. The backyard thermometer indicates 108°F, and I think it's partially shaded from direct sunlight.

In other words, it's extremely warm.

 

[turbo]

The digital thermometer on the front of the house (shade) reads 98 and the one on the south side (alcohol thermometer with sender in shade) reads 99. There is hardly a breeze and the humidity is oppressive. I hope Duke can wait patiently for his evening walk until we get temps in the 80s. My wife has to take care of her mother tonight, so we're alone. Unfortunately, though my brother-in-law is a very sharp technician/electrician he may not be able to find out why the compressor in that spare floor-model AC unit didn't fire up earlier this summer. At least not in time to install it at the mother-in-law's house. If so, my wife will be very uncomfortable tonight.

 

[Evo]

The digital thermometer on the front of the house (shade) reads 98 and the one on the south side ( alcohol thermometer with sender in shade) reads 99. There is hardly a breeze and the humidity is oppressive. I hope Duke can wait patiently for his evening walk until we get temps in the 80s. My wife has to take care of her mother tonight, so we're alone. Unfortunately, though my brother-in-law is a very sharp technician/electrician he may not be able to find out why the compressor in that spare floor-model AC unit didn't fire up earlier this summer. At least not in time to install it at the mother-in-law's house. If so, my wife will be very uncomfortable tonight.

Is there a walmart or similar stores nearby that are not out of small a/c units? That's way too hot to go without.

 

[WhoWee]

The thermometer on my deck reads 105 and the swimming pool has increased to 93 this afternoon.

 

[dlgoff]

We're expecting temps mostly in the mid 90's next week again, with a couple of days in the high 80's, then into the 80's finally toward the end of next week.

Thank goodness there is a constant breeze, 13mph, and low humidity 42%, so it makes it more bearable.

Let's hope the weather forecast is correct. Right now here, it's 104°F with a heat index of 108°F.

 

[turbo]

Is there a walmart or similar stores nearby that are not out of small a/c units? That's way too hot to go without.

I know, but her family is very dysfunctional and it would be tough to find enough civil siblings to agree to jointly purchasing an AC unit, which is why I donated this one to the cause. It was working perfectly when I took it out of service last summer, so hopefully my brother-in-law can sort out why it didn't start this summer.

 

[Evo]

Let's hope the weather forecast is correct. Right now here, it's 104°F with a heat index of 108°F.

It just hit 101 here with a heat index of 104, thanks to the reduction in humidity to 30%

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Sorry folks. Hopefully it will break soon.

I hate the heat. And this is downright deadly to man and beast alike.

 

[turbo]

I'm really glad that I'm not a fire-fighter. We have incredible heat, and there are currently three fire departments fighting a structure fire south of here. If anybody here has dressed up in fire-gear, you know that stuff is heavy and hot even in the best of times.

As a teen, I was a member of the "hot-shot" crew that was called into fight forest fires, and fires in summer could be brutal.

 

[rhody]

It is so freaking hot, my precious ghost peppers are wilting, I put them under the deck in the shade, there is a cool breeze there and gave them a shot of water, hopefully they will come back.

Rhody...

P.S. In trying to program a home link to my garage door opener, the constant up and down of the door caused the unit to overheat and shut down. Lastly, having bamboo hardwood floors put in upstairs and the A/C Units combined with a shop vac are blowing the circuit breakers. Enough of this BS already, arghh... Everyone working inside including myself is drinking a bottle of water every half hour as well.

 

[Astronuc]

We officially hit 102F, but in the direct sun it is hotter. The compressor on one of the a/c units may have failed. I guess they weren't designed for 24/7 in weather like this for days on end.

 

[HeLiXe]

102 is hot...but 95 with 42% humidity ---*croaks*

 

[turbo]

Humidity here is well over 70%, so 98-99 degs feels pretty nasty. Get out into the sunshine, and things get much worse, fast.

 

[HeLiXe]

Humidity here is well over 70%, so 98-99 degs feels pretty nasty.

70%! and 98-99degrees?! Are you vacationing in the tropics?

 

[turbo]

Is there a walmart or similar stores nearby that are not out of small a/c units? That's way too hot to go without.

My brother-in-law was able to get that AC unit working and is installing it in our mother-in-law's house right now. It can't possibly cool a whole house, but it can cool a room or two, and my wife is looking for sheets, blankets, and other barriers to block off the upstairs rooms and keep the cool air in the first floor rooms.

 

[Jack21222]

107 degrees, 48% humidity for a heat index of 120 in downtown Baltimore.

http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2011/07/heat_climbs_to_107_downtown_he.html has a picture

 

[Astronuc]

AT 6 pm, it's cooled off to 98°F - in the shade.

Inside the humidity is about 50%, so outside must be 70% or better.

Several cities in our region reported record highs.

And tonight the temperature is supposed go down to 64°F? I believe it when I feel it.

 

[rhody]

Humidity here is well over 70%, so 98-99 degs feels pretty nasty. Get out into the sunshine, and things get much worse, fast.

Ding ding ding, give that man a cigar... the temperature even in a/c spaces tends to drive you batty after awhile. BTW. I have a cat, where is the freaking cat, after a thorough search three times over every nook and cranny, no sign of her. I tried attic, eve's crawl spaces, everything, very bizarre. I left the a/c on in a bedroom and a fan this morning, when I came home, more of her treats were gone, but no cat. The house is torn up because of the flooring, but I always can find her, not this time, I checked outside too, but I know she was inside when I left.

Rhody...

Edit: She came out of hiding from God knows where, must have been a tiny space under one of the chairs, because I thought I heard her before, but chalked it up to my imagination. Wherever it was she was, she was good at hiding, the sound of the nail gun and compressor had her spooked, she licks my arm when I pet her, a sure sign of stress. One less thing to worry about, did I say worry, need to stop that again in a hurry.

 

[WhoWee]

Rain arrived totally unexpected - the temperature on my deck dropped from 105 to 84

 

[Newai]

Oh wow. I'm in for one helluva a storm right now. Trees across the street are leaning. At least I'm in a big brick building. Clouds are moving dark, fast, and low.

Gotta find my kite!

 

[turbo]

Another sweltering humid afternoon in the 90s. There is supposed to be a Canadian high-pressure system moving in soon. It could get REAL loud out there. I hope we don't get any more twisters.

 

[Astronuc]

We only got up to 101F today.

 

[turbo]

"Only" 101? I'd be suffering, even with the AC on.

 

[HeLiXe]

107 degrees, 48% humidity for a heat index of 120 in downtown Baltimore.

http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2011/07/heat_climbs_to_107_downtown_he.html has a picture

This is crazy

 

[dlgoff]

I guess it's better today. The relative humidity must be down I only have a heat index of 108° but the temperature is 105°. Where's those 80°s Evo was promising? Heck; I don't think it got out of the 90s here last night.

 

[WhoWee]

Does anyone remember the Robin Williams move "Good Morning Vietnam"? My second favorite line was the weather report - something to the effect of - 'it's HOT'!

 

[Jack21222]

Turns out yesterday was the hottest day ever recorded in many areas in the northeast. Not just for the day... EVER. At least as long as we've been recording (80 years or more in some places)

 

[rhody]

I guess it's better today. The relative humidity must be down I only have a heat index of 108° but the temperature is 105°. Where's those 80°s Evo was promising? Heck; I don't think it got out of the 90s here last night.

Don,

I woke up thinking this would be a good day to get outside, wrong, the weather report says mid high in the mid 80's, it is 88% but feels hotter, and that is in the shade. I was going to take a bicycle ride for exercise, but that would be bad, so a walk before sundown it is. Indoor stuff today, painting, etc...

How about some chicken water activity pics ? I am sure they must have some funny antics.

Rhody...

 

[Evo]

Don,

I woke up thinking this would be a good day to get outside, wrong, the weather report says mid high in the mid 80's, it is 88% but feels hotter, and that is in the shade. I was going to take a bicycle ride for exercise, but that would be bad, so a walk before sundown it is. Indoor stuff today, painting, etc...

How about some chicken water activity pics ? I am sure they must have some funny antics.

Rhody...

The chickens were attacked by foxes, half of them were killed.