British Heatwaves Ain't Got Nothing on America
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2023
- This week, Chicago experienced a heat index of 114 degrees Fahrenheit. Here's how it went.
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AC is good but if you want to keep more heat out of the house put up shades and curtains. They also help to keep heat in the house in winter
I look forward to spring and fall when I can allow sunlight into my home, and even fresh air.
Curtains can help, but what you ideally want is better insulation in the walls, attic, and better insulating windows.
Radiant barrier in the attic, an insulated garage door, and whirleybirds on my roof helped alot here in Texas.
Grass around your property will lower you house temp by 10 degrees.
Yes definitely you have to have blackout curtains or at least thicker curtains. At the very least. I close all my curtains before I go to work...
Laurence is truly Americanized now: he gave all the temps in Fahrenheit
Brits always seem to want to give high temps in Fahrenheit and low in Celsius anyway
@@saywhatonemoredtimesensationalist Brit’s lol
and enounces every syllable distinctly .. er guess thats not really and american trait
Brit here, no idea about the °f have always used °c. No idea what 100°f is.
I assume he did that so we in America didn't have to break out the celsius conversion info.
I was in Ireland during a heatwave. I wore a sweater in the mornings because, being from Texas, their heatwave was my spring. It was 32C but it was 45C at home. They didn't quite believe people could live in that temperature.
I was in Colorado doing some river rafting once, and my guide was complaining about the humidity. It was 15%… Some people just don’t know.
@@preasidium13 I have camped in Wyoming multiple times and not one time was humidity an issue. Even when it's warm out that way I never ended up with swamp ass.😂
i'm from georgia and i can't believe that people can live in that temperature😭 to be fair, it was feeling 111°F the other day here, but i refuse to go outside for that reason!
@@randompersonontheinternet879092 is relief!
@@Random-ed2xf You bet! Having grown up in Wyoming, humidity is exceedingly rare. I didn't know a thing about ac until I moved to NC. Talk about ac culture shock - wicked heat and wicked humidity. And hurricanes!
Glad to see a Brit acknowledging the torture of a Chicago summer. I remember seeing a British CZcamsr complain about a British heatwave and how unbearable it was and it was like 90 degrees. And I get that without AC that’s a lot but the reason people in the US have AC is that we get that + humidity everyday during the summer, and then we get the heatwaves. Humidity truly makes you feel like you can’t breathe, it’s a force to be reckoned with
I know people say humid and dry heat are different, but they try to say one is worse, which isn’t always true. In humid heat, it’s like being baked in an oven and you can’t breath, and in dry heat, it feels like the sun is literally trying to pierce your skin and kill you. Hello from Texas where it regularly gets around 105-110 every summer 😅
@@jonothanrennert3098 valid argument, at that heat level it doesn’t matter if it’s humid or not lol, though humidity always make it feel hotter which is unfair imo haha
@@breadcrumbhoarder oh yeah, ofc. Plus I’ve heard humid heat is more dangerous because it doesn’t allow you to sweat as much
Ended up getting 90F with like 85% humidity just about the entire week and it feels like your getting steam cooked, if you try to pour water on your head it just makes it worst.
@@jonothanrennert3098The bigger issue I have with humid heat is that shade doesn't offer any respite.
As an Australian who spent 8 years in Chicago, I always describe it as an amazing city with completely crap weather
the midwest region is kinda temperamental, keeps things exciting. Once had a rock concert concert where I got sunburnt and then nailed by hail
I'm originally from Fort Wayne and Chicago is Fort Wayne on steroids summer and winter.
as an american i describe chicago as crap city with ok weather.
I’ve Lived here the majority of my life. The temperature variance is 100 or degrees Fahrenheit from winter to summer.
I'll make it even easier. Chicago is just crap. Leave the weather out of it.
I went to Japan in August of 2015, where it was hot, humid as hell, and you needed to take a shower while you were still in the shower. Then in 2016 I went to Death Valley and it was 123F or something like that, and even though I could objectively perceive the fact that the heat was slowly but surely killing me, it was actually quite comfortable. So yeah, humidity can go to hell.
I said it after the flood in 2016, "hell's not fire and brimstone, it's water where it doesn't belong." There's no good reason for this much water to be in the air. Feels like drowning
And then there’s Texas where you get both.
That is so true! I’m in Texas & the first time I went to Arizona, 110deg DRY heat was nothing compared to a wet-blanket summer!
It even makes the _cold_ worse. I never imagined that I'd feel as though I was about to turn into an icicle just walking down Elysian Fields Boulevard in New Orleans on a 5°C (41°F), windy, super-humid mid-March afternoon. My father related to me that his experiences as a US Navy sailor (and base meteorologist) in Newfoundland were similar on a daily basis certain times of the year. 40-40-40, he called it. 40 degrees F, 40 MPH winds, 40% humidity -- cut like a knife, he said.
Go to nyc for the best of both
I live in Louisiana. We have had weeks of excessive heat warnings with heat indexes of 105 to 114. The actual temperature reached 110 two days in a row in Shreveport, tying an all time record set in the 1800s. We have broken several records during this heat wave. This week we are celebrating a "cold front" that is bringing the humidity diwn and temperatures down into the 90s.
It's never really cold in Louisiana.. I always call it lack of HEAT
My first two weeks summer camp in the Louisiana National Guard, Camp Beauregard.. the ceiling ventilation was broken in our barracks I thought I was going to die I think it was 100 + 9 p.m. at night
@@vannjunkin8041the wet humid winters occasionally cold. But like a few days a year sense
I live in Alabama. But New Orleans is on another level.
@kyleBlittle I live in alabama too. You're right it's not as hot as NOLA
That's one thing that took forever for me to understand. I always assumed the UKs climate was similar to the mid west and so the idea of not having AC was just unbelievable. Then, as an adult, learning that in southern Michigan we have both much hotter summers and much colder winters made it all make a little more sense.
It is similar to the Pacific Northwest on the wet side of the mountains. Seattle 30 years ago there were hardly any air conditioners. A fan would get you through the few days that were awful. Now more and more people are putting in central air. I only have a portable in one bedroom. I lived in Michigan for 13 years and do not like air conditioning much. Too many places are too low like they are trying to freeze meat.
It's like the short trend of Europe not understanding tornadoes. It relates to them not understanding why building standards are different. The US has just as many F5s annually as Europe has had in total in the last 10 years. It's like thinking you experienced a monsoon when it was just heavy rain.
Before AC became widely obtainable and affordable in the US, people used to regularly die in all 50 states due to heat stroke in the summer.
@@charlesbrown4483 Not sure what your point is. The death toll decreased because we introduced AC. That doesn't change what the modern argument is that is happening.
@@bryanwoods3373 There is no modern argument. If you're old, young or sick it's hard to survive in the US without AC. Always has been the case just like it is today.
As we say in Indiana, “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” 😅Definitely been a miserable week.
It wasn't hot enough to keep the kids in at recess in NE Indiana, according to the principal. But our 100 year old school building was a sauna, even with the aircon pushed all the way up.
He is just lucky he doesn't live in Southern Commiefornia. The heat here (among other things) is unbearable
Aaaahhhh hahahahahha. You want humidity. C'mon down to Florida y'all. Have fun from May through end of September. It's presently 9pm and 85 degrees with 82% humidity.
Florida is bad, Louisiana is right up there. Heat Indices over the past couple of weeks have been in excess of 120.
As an Arizonan I agree. Give me a good ol 120 degree day and I'll be fine so long as there isn't a spec of water in the air. I start drowning in other climes. That said the stillness of our air really does make you feel that heat in a special way.
Around the time you filmed your 114 degree heat index day, I was in Laredo, TX. The actual temperature there was 119, and humidity was also too high to breathe. The dew point was around 85 degrees, and a heat index calculator put the index at 158. You step outside long enough to change your mind, and you come back in drenched in sweat.
Dude Laredo is always soooo hot.
Same here in Houston lately!
I'm in the Austin area and it rained for the first time all summer today. . . It was glorious 🥹
It's been bd for over a month in Houston, but whoa, Laredo has us beat. I'm sure Laredo is great, but that is just too hot for hot. Houston has also been way too hot. We've broken our all-time records. I hope winter will be better. Whew.
I lived in Laredo for four years and it was definitely more of a “dry” heat, where you felt like you opened up the oven door when you walked outside. That’s unusual for the dew point to be that high. I lived in Houston before Laredo and all I can say is both places sucked in the summer. 😂
I’m a Canadian in NC, can confirm that it gets so humid here sometimes it feels like you’re breathing water. Visiting Florida for the first time this summer was miserable.
Born and raised in Jacksonville, NC. Still live here. The humidity is a bitch. Been here 38 years, my ENTIRE life, and it never gets easier. Lol
@@lindsayantwine1097I'll totally agree with that. I've lived here my whole life (near Raleigh now, with the exception of a year and a half in GA). It has actually gotten harder for me to take as I age. I work most of the day out of the a/c since I'm in agriculture and it's almost killing my old ass, lol. It's about 98 today and I probably sweated 5 gallons. 🥵🫨
Humidity will get you for sure
@@lindsayantwine1097said it like I wanted to lol
The mountains are pretty cool though. It gets humid, but nothing like eastern carolina.
The last summer I lived in Arizona (2008), it was reaching 100 degrees by 8am and 130 by 4pm. That was a brutal month to work with my dad in construction while we were waiting for my little brother to finish up in school. Nothing since has ever felt that hot.
"At this point I told Arthur word for word that we might want to consider heading back since hydrational complications can arise from a lack of H2O. After nodding he ran excited by the prospect of water but flummoxed by his sudden grasp of complex English." - This section at 1:13 is brilliant.
Fluent Pet dogs and cats (and pugs and horses) can often grasp quite complex words and even rearrange them to cover new situations witbout additional buttons on their boards. Its really neat. They can even tell their owners they are hurt or sick or ask for their medication.
@@apcolleen I had a Quarter Horse mare that I used for riding lessons for a 12 yr. old girl fr. Switzerland ; she spoke French & German plus limited English so we had a fun time communicating using combinations of Eng. , my middle school French & my high school German . My mare very quickly picked up the voice commands in French & German & later on , I " demonstrated " my mare's tri -lingual skills w/ other students . 😂
This was a very Douglas Adams moment for sure.
@@Draven_Michael Brilliant comment ! 😂
Flummoxed, few people gonna know that word😂
The windows getting covered in moisture is a sign that either the windows aren't an insulated type or the insulation has failed. Either way you need new windows my guy, that's causing your HVAC to work harder than it needs to because it's all leaking out.
+ look into triple-paned windows which can dramatically improve energy efficiency, especially in a Chicago winter.
The dew point hit 81 degrees here, so I'm guessing his windows are decent. It was awful.
Not new windows, but to seal them better.
That's a storm door so it's not going to be insulated.
😂Your windows are fogging over because the dew point is higher than the 67 degrees F that you keep your home. I would purchase a dehumidifier to remove some of the moisture from the air. Lower humidity may also allow you to feel comfortable even if you raise the thermostat to 69 or 70 degrees. This will lower your electric bill, too!
The condensation on the windows is normal - just means it's hotter outside than inside. But Laurence, if you have that much humidity inside your house you should hang DampRid pouches in your closets so it doesn't create mold/mildew in your clothing. If the humidity inside is severe, invest in a dehumidifier you can move from room to room as needed.
Dehumidifiers are expensive, but they are game changers. Definitely worth it.
We have a dehumidifier and it really does make a huge difference.
I live in the desert and that is why we say it is a dry heat. When it is 90' here it feels like it does in locations that are humid when they are 70'.
I really want to buy one of those dehumidifiers. That would be awesome also an air purifier to. Those two things together would be nice but our electrical grid is pretty outdated at the moment. Its gets around 115 here in Northern Cali. And the humidity sucks sometimes here.
Condensation happens when humid air touches a cool surface, and since the inside of his home is air conditioned (which in itself dehumidifies his air), the condensation is actually on the outside of his windows when the outside moisture is rapidly cooled by his cooler windows.
When temps get that hot you need to look at raising your AC temp to 74 to 76 to prevent your unit from Icing up over time. It also helps the grid around you to allow your AC to go a bit higher. Closing your blinds is also a near necessity as it helps to keep some of the heat out of the house during the worst of the attacks from the evil death laser in the sky. From AZ
Many don't learn
I grew up in Phoenix. My parents never set the thermostat below 80.
Seeing the thermostat set to 67 was wild. Mine is set to 80 at peak hours when its 100+ outside (78 otherwise) and that is a fine compromise of comfort and energy. Everyone is different though! I just try to do a tiny part to avoid stressing the grid and hopefully not end up with rolling blackouts.
@@halloweentimemachine not just the grid but if your air can't keep up , it freezes. Just non stop running .
@@halloweentimemachine I fluctuate mine between 75 and 80 depending on several factors. If I’m home it’s usually at 77. 67 just seems insane; cold and uncomfortable. Here in Phoenix, when it’s 67 outside people are turning on their heat.
Protip!
Consider looking into blackout (but not black!) or dense curtains, ideally with a white/reflective side that faces the outside. You've got alot windows that let the light (and heat) in. Curtains could help you reduce the load on your air con and save power.
Right? We keep the shades & windows closed all summer. We only have 2 window units, but keeping the sun out helps loads!
True! Also it is an older home (by American standards) and those windows didn't look very energy efficient. Plus, the blackout curtains will help with drafts in the winter, too.
Go to home depot or wherever you go for that stuff and get solar tint for your windows.... Helps tremendously... And the stuff in your houses and getting blasted by UV light and fading.
We have dark out curtains. They do help
Where i live in rural Australia, it can reach 47° degrees celsius in summer, little bit hot.
The phrase most used in the Midwest during the summer is “it’s not the heat it’s the humidity” 😂 and it’s so effing true
Same in the South. Even an 88° day can feel nice with low humidity.
Yep, a muggy day at 94 feels like a dry windy day at 103 to me.
It gets hot in the Midwest, but the South is on a whole other level. I lived in Georgia for a year, and 88 in Georgia puts 100 in Minnesota to shame.
If you haven't done it, you may want to have your HVAC unit checked. The part inside the house. The reason is, there is a condenser inside the AC portion and over time, dust and other stuff can build up on the condenser clogging it. This reduces the efficiency of the AC, making it harder to keep your house cool. An increase in humidity can be a sign of this. Usually, the other sign is your basement is flooded from the water backed up created from ice that forms on the condenser.
It's often something overlooked by homeowners, which can create huge problems down the road. Likewise, inefficiency can increase the cost of cooling the house.
Research your HVAC unit online, see if there is a manual published, and check to see how you access the condenser. With the unit turned off, vacuum the condenser, first the air-in side, then the air-out side. If there is ice already on the condenser, let it thaw and dry, then vacuum it. If it's too much a job for you, you can always call an HVAC person.
As a former heating and cooling service technician (the first female one in Columbus, Ohio, by the way, I can tell you that if you have ice built up on your evaporator coils, chances are very good that either your system is low on refrigerant or you have a reduced air flow problem.
@@christine4223 I can almost guarantee that if he's keeping his house at 67 during a 114 heat wave he's freezing his coils.
@@grandiagod No, it doesn't work that way. Setting the thermostat lower only causes the a/c to stay on until the setting is reached. It won't make the a/c run any colder, just longer.
@@christine4223 Yeah a constantly running AC will freeze.
@@grandiagod Sorry but no. A properly sized and maintained air conditioner can run 24/7 without freezing. Freezing is always caused by a problem. Bad air flow due to a dirty air filter, blocked return-air vents or ducts or a very dirty evaporator coil will cause icing. Low refrigerant will also do it. An improperly sized system, i.e. a system too large for the area to be cooled, will freeze as well. Or a malfunctioning blower fan though generally a fan either runs or it doesn't but fluctuations in the power source can cause the motor speed to fluctuate, causing an air flow problem.
If your a/c freezes when you run it for extended periods of time, you need to check the air flow and if that doesn't work, you need to get your system checked by a professional.
Tip for those with two stories. Put a fan at the bottom of the stairs pointing up the stairs. This pushes the cold air to the top floor and helps circulate out the warmer air. This means you don't have to run the AC quite as hard to get the second story to cool down.
To help keep the house cooler consider curtains or blinds to keep the sunlight out. And be careful walking Arthur when it's that hot. The sidewalk temperatures can be well over 140 degrees. His paws could get burned.
Even better are exterior tight mesh shades to keep direct sunlight from hitting the window glass at all.
I recommend getting a dehumidifier for your house. It helps reduce mold by pulling moisture out of the air. Works great!
My parents are in MI and have burned out multiple dehumidifiers over the years due to a half finished basement. You have to set those things on a schedule.
I got one because my apartment is on the west, heavily shaded side of the building. Being in the shade just makes the humidity feel worse.
We have 2 in our basement that run almost non-stop all summer here in Wisconsin.
@@kirstinbloy1644 Fact ! It's also cooler to relax downstairs if your basement is finished imo
Absolutely not. A dehumidifier makes it hotter inside.
An air conditioner dehumidifies AND cools.
My worst heat wave story involved a stretch of 110° weather in Michigan, (Kalamazoo), that lasted about a week. This was in the late 1980s or early 1990s. I worked at a chemical plant and had to unload a truck of very hazardous material (nitric acid). I had to wear the chemical resistant "Gumby" suit with a full faced trailing air supplied mask. It was unbearable! I worked at connecting the hoses to unload it, and when I lowered my arms, a solid stream of sweat poured out of the sleeves, past the gloves and onto the ground. Later that year I suffered my first kidney stone, due to dehydration, from sweating my fluids away!
I grew up in Chicago and I got to say, the weather can be pretty extreme. During my time there, the hottest temperature index I remember was about 115 Fahrenheit, and the coldest was about -50. That's a 165 degree difference! Now I live in Vermont and we don't even have heat waves.
It’s probably all those Vermonters then that want to ban AC. I think a war would be fought over that if it ever did happen lol
This was a long time ago but went to school in shorts and t shirt walking past 6 ft piles of plowed snow.... because it was winter a few days ago.
My grandparents, who lived on the North Shore, had a dehumidifier. I was astonished that Grandpa emptied a full bucket full of water from it every day!
I had one once that I emptied twice daily in the summer...
@@ebybeehoney Whoa!
Twice a day here in MI. I water plants with it.
Attach a hose to it and let it drain into the basement drain.
I remember those. An aunt who my sister and I visited for the summer had one in her basement/den. She would announce that she had to, "empty the deeee-hugh-mid-a-phyer". Which make the whole process seem somewhat mysterious and quite scary. We were never sure whether we should offer to assist or run for cover!
Congratulations! You've finally reached the level of Americanization wherein you shed mentioning Celsius. I'm so proud of you. ❤ For those on Celsius, it's over 45°.
There's still hope for the boy yet 🙏
Actually, it's 43 degrees Celsius.
38 C is 100 F
For anyone who wants a cheat sheet between the two, just remember these four temperatures, and you can reasonably guesstimate all of the others:
0°C, 32°F, water freezing
25°C, 77°F, room temperature - can alternate with 20°C, 68°F
37°C, 98.6°F, internal human body temperature
100°C, 212°F, water boiling
The Heat index of 114F degrees is not a temperature of 114F degrees - the temp topped out at 100F, but 'felt' like 114F - about the same as a mild Australian summer day.
Strangely enough as a brit the coldest I've ever felt was walking down the north side of Navy Pier in December when it was -18C with a freezing cold wind blowing in off the lake. It really made me realise just how much the Atlantic currents contribute to keeping UK winters pretty mild.
Lake effect is no joke.
Damn, I live in Kentucky, a state with very mild weather and climate by US standards. Every winter we regularly get -5F(-20.5C). Further north/northeast of me some states get winter temps so cold that F and C equal out… which happens at -38 if I remember correctly… so cold it goes from funny, to deadly serious, back to funny again😂
I grew up in Ohio, and the coldest I’ve ever experienced was -22F (-30C) back in 2011… I had to walk a mile to work wearing Chuck Taylors, and no proper winter coat (I had to layer hoodies, lol)
That was not a fun experience! But, I was a poor teenager, living on my own, no car, had bills to pay, so I had to make it to work somehow, cold be damned!” 😂
I just thought to myself how much colder it was in Canada and Alaska, and that got me through, lol.
Yeah there's a similar effect in FL off the ocean... but in summer even the ocean is over 80F, lol. I've had many a nighttime LOW of over 80F recently. We spent a few weeks with indexes over 110 every single day. The heat index would be already over 95 at like 8am.
What’s funny is I’m watching this in Houston while my family done took off to Chicago for the week and raving about how nice it is there. 😭
As someone who lives in the south and has had extreme heat warning for at least 5 days, here are some tips. If you do not have ceiling fans, buy portable fans. We keep our air condition on 78 and we are comfortable due to the fans ( we have ceiling fans in almost every room. The ceiling fans are also on the back porch.. We also keep most of the curtains close to keep the heat out. Also make sure, if you are outside, that you have water with you or able to get to water quickly. We also have a dehumidifier to draw moisture out of the air. Right now we are experiencing Hell's front porch which is one of the weather season in the south. I enjoy your program.
To add: Reverse the direction of the fans every season.
I can't believe he has his AC set at 67f here in florida we are turning the heat on when it gets that cold.
@rooster1012
Same here in Northeast Tennessee. I keep mine set at 75° all summer, no matter how hot it gets outside.
Ceiling fans in every room is a must in the south! Set the AC low early morning so it can get a head start. I use blackout curtains because I’m a night shift worker and it helps with keeping the house cooler. Good luck staying cool!!
when American gaiety had much been borne by those retractable awnings that'd shaded windows, porches, and even storefronts at eeking out grace from midday's wicked scorchings
Be sure to keep your pups paws safe if you go for a walk on cement in the heat! Much love everyone!
Yeah there's dog shoes made for both winter and summer👍 some people don't realize snow, ice, and the salt rocks we put on the ice can actually burn the pads of their paws😢
We've bought a few different kinds of shoes for our dog but they always fall off. :(
Just the heat is bad enough if your dog has a thick fur. I tend to walk my dogs before 8 AM in the summer.
Blistering temps being just another day in the South is incredibly accurate. My area gives out the usual heat index warnings, but most of the people I know largely ignore them.
I mean at this point what can you do?
I live in Florida where we have two seasons, Summer and January. We've had temperatures as high as 112ºF with very few days below 95ºF. Our A/C units are like gold to us down here. Cheers, Laurence!
I'm in Wisconsin and our two seasons are Winter and Construction.
I lived in Mississippi as a teenager, and I was supposed to mow the lawn one summer day. My dad recommended getting up early before it got hot, but being a lazy teenager I waited until 2pm to start. When it was 98 degrees and 96 percent humidity and 100% sunny. I mowed one pass along the side of our house, turned around and made another pass back to the door, turned off the mower, came in to the house's AC and took a shower. Waited until sunset to start mowing again.
You have to experience it to believe it. It is hell.
I had a similar situation. I did wake up early and started at about 7:30 in the morning, but the heat and humidity got to me. I managed to get most of the backyard before stopping because I felt awful. Turns out that I had the early stages of heatstroke
That’s why our lawnmowers have headlights.
lol I've done that as a younger teen. (in Alabama) I know exactly how you feel. I'm 47 now and get up at 5 am. lol
Too hot to mow your lawn, huh?
What happens when you have to do actual work and the temp is too high?
Shove a popsicle up your ass?
Here are a few tips for you. When temperatures get this hot, always pull your shades or curtains on the windows before the sun starts to shine in them. It will cut down on the heat and the ac running. Secondly, I noticed your temperature is set for 67 degrees. When it gets this hot turn your thermostat up so it doesn’t have to work as hard. For example….we just had 105 degree temperatures and I turned my thermostat up to 76 degrees during the day. It still kept it cool in the house but kept the ac from working so hard and constantly running trying to keep up. At night when the outside temp goes down then you can drop your thermostat a few degrees for comfort. When you have that much moisture on your windows, it means the warm air on the outside is mixing with the cold air in your house especially if you have leaks in your windows. The colder you have your house, the more dew will you have. Lastly, if your ac is constantly running then your utility bill will sky rocket! So if you try these you will also save $$ on that utility bill.
Yes and put solar tint on your windows... Works great.
No AC in northern Japan, and a lengthy heat wave in the lower 30s -- which is no 114F, but hot enough for us!
It's remarkable how much the body can get used to, and how 28C can feel like paradise when it's 32C in other rooms.
Our strategy: choose a cooling room. Open the house up at night, close it in the early morning and use thick blackout curtains during the day. Reed curtains outside the cooling room for sure. Use a water sprinkler where the sun hits for a little evaporative cooling.
Then get cold liquids and plan not to move until the temps go down.
I wouldn't recommend tinting the windows unless you lived in a climate that was sunny and hot most months of the year. Chicago is definitely more cold than hot and you would want that sun in your windows during the winter.
I keep my ac at 82 or 83 when i'm at work in summer. Feels great when i come in from working at a cabinet shop with no ac in alabama. I lower it slowly through the evening.
Definitely agree. 67 is too low.
I live in Orlando and I'm impressed with your temp setting on the thermostat. 67 degrees is pretty cold down here. Because of rising costs of energy we keep the thermostat at 80 degrees. That takes some getting used to. but 67 is just too cold.
In PA I keep mine at 72. Is perfect!
He must have stock in the electric company...
also the reason he has so much condensation on the windows. Yeah I keep it set to about 78-82 this time of year...
Ny daughter had a house near Atlanta. No roof insulation. No storm windows; the downstairs was freezing and the upstairs unspeakable. I never asked what the electric bill was. I got roof insulation last summer. More comfort and big difference in the gas and electric bill.
I'm glad someone finally addressed this. Brits complain about heatwaves and cold every summer and winter respectively when the weather over there shifts maybe sixty degrees (farenheit) between seasons (90-30). For context, where I live in New England last year, our hottest day was 98, and our coldest day was -20. *That's a swing double the size.* And we're only in the middle of extremity.
I live in Alabama. I work with a lady that recently moved from New Mexico in March. We warned her about the heat and humidity, and she explained she's from New Mexico she knows Heat. Well, it's late Agust, temps we're 98° yesterday with 92% humidity, she's moving back to New Mexico. She said we were all crazy to live here. Gonna miss you Alaggra!! ❤
TBH, I I live in Iowa, and compared to 95F with 83% humidity, New Mexico's 110F with 10% humidity feels fantastic. I was like, damn, my shirt ISN'T sticking to me!
Alaggra is right. There is no inducement strong enough to force me to move to the temps in the Deep South. (I have experienced them---in Alabama. That was ENOUGH)
I was born and raised in East Texas. I went to work for a few months in Foley, AL (May - July) and figured it wouldn’t be so bad. Now I agree, I don’t know how/why anyone lives there.
The actual ambient temp didn’t get into the 100s from what I can remember, and yet it was so much worse!
I live in Alabama, too….born and raised here. Love this state, but summer’s are brutal. A/C is our best friend, even sometimes in winter.
I'll just say I'm from New orleans... sooo yeah
My goodness this heat has been miserable. One night this week the humidity was at 90% and it was like walking around with a hot wet towel over your head🥵
Yes, Wednesday evening at 7:15 pm right before sunset the heat index was still 105*!
One morning the humidity was 98% and hot and foggy! Heat index got up to 120* here in MO. Absolute torture!!! I can handle heat, but not humidity AND heat.
I didn't think I'd be grateful to live in Phoenix but good gawds I couldn't stand the humidity abd yall have to deal with the heat anyway. Insane.
I jog before the sun completely rises, I don't go jogging if I wake up late. I have to get to the trail by a certain time or the heat and humidity is ungodly. For reference, I live in Central Florida.
I'm in RI. 99% humidity is pretty much standard most years here on the coast. No salt shaker for you! (And no, rice doesn't really help much). This year has been glorious, though. I think we've only hit 90 once
Northern Delaware: crappy summers, hands down, with high humidity making one feel like a lobster being steamed.🦞
I was living in Tel Aviv in the early 1980s. Some people arrived from England and mentioned that England was in the grip of a heat wave.
"It's 80 degrees and people are literally passing out from the heat!"
I had to refrain from laughing. Here in the Washington, DC, area, the July average is 89 degrees. This year we had a real heat wave of several days with temps in the mid to high 90s and the index pushing 105-110. And yes, it's HUMID!
Some of the older houses, prior to air-conditioning, had a porch with or without screen, outside the bedroom, on 2nd floor. It was called a summer room or summer bedroom. The people would sleep out there in the summer.
The exteme humidity level can also cause the wooden doors inside the house to swell during summer, resulting in the doors to getting "stuck". Doors can become difficult to open or shut (temporarily.) Tugging on the door multiple times to open, then pushing forcefully on the door causing it to slam shut. Ah, the joys of 90 percent humidity!💧
I bought an old house back in the day in NE Texas and half of the doors were 5'6". I'm 6'2" so that was sometimes an issue. I think AC is one of the greatest inventions of all time. Right next to running water, the wheel, discovering how to make fire, forging iron, weaving cloth, toilet paper, antihistamines, etc..
My very southern mother always said “the two greatest in my book are Jesus Christ and the inventor of air conditioning - the first saved my soul and the other saved my summers.”
You forgot sliced bread!
Refrigerator. Keeping food safe to eat in the heat is super important
It's the printing press for the win. haha. They ONLY way the masses had access to knowledge otherwise kept from them.
My AC is set to 82° F. Trust that's far better than what's going on outside.
As someone who is from AZ, i can tell you that is a normal temperature for us. We're getting close to hitting a new record for most 110+ temperatures in a year. And we've even been recently having humidity, which is usually the one key difference
As other have said window treatments are key, especially in an older home. Honeycomb shades can be cut to size and insulate your windows so that your AC doesn't have to work as hard (or use as much energy $$$) and conversely can keep you cozy warm in the winter. On extreme weather days we keep ours down and it really makes a huge difference. The other benefit is that they fold up and are almost unnoticeable when you don't want to see them.
The summer version of freezing water is actually frying an egg of the sidewalk. 🍳
Fortunately, here in between Seattle and Portland, the temp has dropped from the 100s last week to the 90s. And our humidity, while not as dry as the Southwest, isn't usually as bad as in the South either. Sometimes it is, but usually more around 70% give or take.
It’s dry enough for forests to be extremely vulnerable to dry lightening strikes. It has not rained since mid-June and the forests (and particularly the undergrowth) are tinder dry. The very hot wind (it was 108 in Portland last week) has made it worse and very dangerous. Outside fires/burning is prohibited in all counties.
I'm in the greater Seattle area and it's definitely been a very dry summer. The mountain is looking pretty bare this season. We've had a lot of hot days this year, but not many that were unbearably humid like in previous years.
Pro tip: assuming you have vents in your basement, close them at this time of the year. The surrounding subsoil is most likely only 55 degrees, and will keep your basement cool regardless. And that should help your A/C be able to push the cold air up higher where it’s needed. If you don’t have a basement, well, then never mind…lol
There is a basement.
@@wendi2819 It was always an basement
That trick actually depends on the house. I live in an old wood house, with high doors and ceilings, transom windows and a stone cellar with a natural stone floor. In the summer, we open the screen window in our old coal chute, turn on an exhaust fan in the attic and have our ceiling fans rotate counter clockwise to circulate the air.
During the day, all shades stay down, doors remain closed and the cold air from the cellar is pulled up into the house. At night, however, we open our windows, both regular and transom, put screens in our storm doors and close off the cellar vent. That way, we pull in cool night air directly, the cellar air gets to drop in temperature again and our tower fans/electric bill get a break.
Best part is, unless the temperature skyrockets beyond what anyone could reasonably expect, we'll never need an AC, not even in +110°F heat.
I'm from NC but the worst heat I've been in was visiting my grandparents in Texas when I was a teenager. They had 3 days in a row of 115 and I thought I was going to melt! Even the well water was lukewarm out of the faucet. The lake felt like bath water and we didn't go out after 10 a.m.
Chicago is at the same latitude as Barcelona, Spain or Rome, Italy.
Most of the USA is as far south as Northern Africa.
Growing up in Florida with dogs, one of my deepest-ingrained memories is laying shirtless on the cool hardwood floor in front of the fan with my dogs after a long walk. I mostly watch your channel for a little peak into my expat loved ones’ experiences, but tonight I’m crying from deep childhood nostalgia as well.
My childhood Florida memory was getting down on the concrete floor to sleep
I'm from Chicago. I lived 27 years in Florida. I never could comprehend how people lived without a/c in Florida. You must have had good screens on the doors and windows too. I live in England now. It's August 28th I think. I have my little heater on this morning. I miss Chicago and Florida very much, but I don't miss the extreme weather.
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Tile floors for me
I am from Northern Illinois. As a kid, pre Air conditioning, I would peel off all the clothes I could do without and spread myself out on the tile floor in the kitchen. As a boy, that was pretty bare!
Yes, in summer we keep the blinds closed most of the day, especially on the west side of the house. This also protects your furnishings from sun damage. We also have mature shade trees,which helps.🏡
Last summer in Kansas we had several weeks of 110-114 degrees. We actually don't have A/C in our farmhouse (something we'll get fixed when the economy improves) but we have ceiling fans, LOTS of trees, and blackout curtains. I feel your suffering Lawrence! Blackout curtains certainly help keep the house cool in the day, and your A/C won't have to work so hard.
What about the heat wave we just had last week and the week before… 100 degrees at 10:00 in the morning 111 around 4:00 and 88 at midnight.
Im in western Kansas.
We’ve had 110+ heat indices all summer in Houston and no rain for about 50 days, which is highly unusual and hell on earth. I haven’t opened my blinds all summer and I’ve learned be comfortable with the ac set at 78 during the day. Double paned windows definitely help, fans too, as well as an ac unit that can keep up. Your ac unit is maybe too small.
Houses in hot areas in Asia with temperatures going regularly beyond 110 degrees are built with a lot of corridors infront of the rooms and rooms with natural cross ventilation. Ceilings are kept high like 11~13 feet and floors are made with polished Stone/Marble. The walls are made of brick and are 9 inches thick. This design keeps the indoors cooler than outside with minimal air conditioning.
So really expensive materials is the way to go?
How many degrees is the polish on the marble floors worth?
@@codymoe4986not all stone is marble.
That’s really cool! It’s always so interesting to learn about how people solve problems without modern technology/electricity/etc. It really makes you think about how smart people are.
Rich people maybe
This is America... *With our housing markets, the house you just described would cost millions of dollars here lol*
In Iowa, one day this week the heat index was 127 degrees! It was so humid and the actual temp was I think around 102. I didn't leave my house for 2-3 days.
Yep, I was out delivering propane in that shit. Freshly charged AC system in the Freightliner still couldn't keep the cab below 90* even with it set to recirculate.
I live in Phoenix.. I don't leave the house for 4 months in summer. lol
How did your A/C hold up?
OMG!!! 🥵 127 degrees is TOO MUCH!! Here in Omaha it only got up to 115 degrees heat index. I too didn’t leave the house on those super sticky days. I didn’t get my walks in on those days, either. When you get up and the temp hasn’t fallen below 80 degrees overnight, and it’s already feels-like 85 at 7 a.m., it’s TOO freakin’ hot! P.S. as summer has progressed, I raised our indoor AC temp to 77 degrees on the really hot days. Down to 74 degrees at night. It’s worked pretty well for us. 👍
@@sallyphillips9175 I had it set on 78 and kept curtains closed so it did fine.
We live on the Alabama gulf coast and the heat is insane.
One tip I’d offer is to put up shades AND blackout curtains. Do this at least in the summer months and it will drastically improve your homes temp.
You’ll lose the natural light in the summer months but you will grow to love the darkness 😂😭
Take it from a Southerner, GOOD quality insulated windows, good blinds/shades, black out + insulated curtains, and ceiling fans can drop the temp in your home by several degrees. We can run our AC at 77 and be just fine even when it is 100 degrees outside. Plus these changes really help with your energy consumption.
Living in Iowa my entire life has taught me how to cope with the exceedingly hot August weather we get.
If you have central heat, close your ground floor vents (like you said, heat rises, but so too does cold fall), this will cool the upper floor faster and allow the cooler air to flow to the ground floor.
Close doors to rooms that aren't being used often (they will get way warmer but it saves on your Electric bill), cover windows with heavy - light reflecting sheets or curtains.
Try to keep the AC around 70-80 if possible, especially if you do a lot of enter/exiting of your home, your unit won't work as hard and if you have a similar model of AC unit to some of us, it might help prevent the unit from freezing solid from working too hard.
Last but most important - Drink a LOT of water, the second you stop sweating is the second you should worry.
Not close the rooms but close the A/C vents in unused rooms.
@@annfrost3323I think both. Close the vents and the doors. But that is overboard, in my opinion. I have mechanical shades on the exterior of my west-facing windows, that are set to open and close (through my phone) at set times. Works great to reduce direct sunlight coming into the house, even keeping the blinds open.
The climate is not going to get any cooler, so it’s prudent to plan and make modifications now.
The basic idea is to force more of the cold A/C air to the 2nd-floor ducts/registers, by _partially_ closing those on the 1st floor. However, you can only do this to the extent that there is enough duct/register capacity going to the 2nd-floor rooms. In my 1914 house in Rochester, NY, the capacity of the 2nd-floor ducts is quite small, since there was no A/C at the time, only heat, and the 2nd-floor relied partially on heat from the 1st-floor naturally rising. The same is true for the 1941 house in Cincinnati that I grew up in. That house now has central A/C, and it even had some 2nd-floor ducts/registers added when it was remodeled in 1993, but still not enough of the A/C gets to the 2nd floor, so they have a separate wall unit for that area.
@@annfrost3323 I meant both, vents and doors. If they are unused rooms that don't need to be kept at climate you can negate some of the costs on your air conditioning unit, I can't give exact numbers as I no longer live somewhere I can do real tests during the heat.
@@kc9scott Good point - The sheer difference in housing builds in our country makes trying to counter climate issues into a jigsaw puzzle of fixes. When I was younger my family lived in an old German settler home built in the Amana Colonies here in Iowa, the house wasn't built with interior heating/cooling, hell it didn't even have electricity. Seeing some of the old exposed wires in the limestone basement was a hell of a learning experience, every utility we had was added after the fact and it was noticeable.
I'm Brazilian, living in the Chicago area, and Jesus Christ, I had a hard time with summer in Brazil but here it's another level of hot, I felt really sick this past week because of the heat. The only thing I truly dislike here is the weather, I miss the mild weather of where I'm from (São Paulo). Love your channel, as a foreigner in the Midwest I can relate to most of your experiences here lol keep it up!
Have you experienced winter yet?
I'm honestly just shocked someone from Brazil would find Chicago hot. I would have thought Chicago's summer temperatures would be normal for you.
Why use Jesus's name in vain?
@@Kristenm28 Imagine complaining about that on the internet of all places
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Love your channel, more importantly your sense of humor!!! You made laugh more than once, THANKS!!!
Very nice video. You were warm and funny, and enjoyable to pause with and consider the weather. It is the favorite topic of the elderly, like me, who begin conversations about it with strangers even, so we can share a few words going about our days. Your dog seems a fine companion, especially for such a day.
Put your hands on the concrete before you let your dog walk on it in the heat. You'll be shocked how hot it gets and can easily burn his paws. I got shoes for mine (keeps the salt pellets put on sidewalks off him during the winter too).
When I was a child in Minneapolis, we would always hear the adults say, “It’s so hot you could fry an egg on the pavement”. We tried it once and it actually worked. Amazing how hot asphalt gets on a hot, sunny day!
Here in Texas earlier this summer, some equally adventurous chefs tested baking cookies inside their car with great success….. certainly would be nice to leave work and find freshly baked chocolate chip cookies waiting in the parking lot….. still warm!
I grew up in Eastern Washington, the state, not DC, and I remember June through August being full of 100°+ F days. I also remember doing the egg frying trick, both on the asphalt and the concrete sidewalk. It worked! Also, the superheated asphalt and concrete, plus the puncture vine limited, where you could safely walk barefoot. 🔥🦶
It's the end of August and yesterday, it was 116 in Phoenix, Az USA. That's 12 degrees higher than the historical average. It's nuts.
As a native Texan who’s been working out in the heat this summer I can confirm. Arizona is the one of the only other places that has it worse than us. To put it in perspective for people not from either area, 85F/29C is “cool”. Most of us aren’t awake to enjoy under 80 😂 night workers got it good lol
Good timing. Here in Northeast Texas, at 7 PM, it is currently 105°F/40.56C with a heat index of 114/45.56. The air temp hit 109/42.78 yesterday. My A/C is a champ but it's been struggling.
Lucky you live in North Texas in South East Texas in Houston it is dank swamp hot, like so hot you can hear the lonesome guitar slide and hawk screech
Texas shows the world we made history by being hotter than all of South America!
WOOOOO New record baby!
As a Native Texan, I'm pretty tired of breaking records...😭
Can't remember who said the part about renting out Texas and living in Hell because of the heat, but it applies.
I understand that in TX the heat is a killer on car batteries. My friend in Farmers Branch has to replace his about every two years. That's wild to me.
I went to a work training in Las Vegas a couple months ago. It was 117 outside. The lady at the hotel cheerfully told me that I was lucky I wasn't there the week before, as it had gotten up above 120.
Walking from inside the hotel out into that heat was like walking into a wall.
I can't imagine living there without AC running 24/7.
In the desert, the difference between 117 and 120 is negligible. Both are inhospitable to life.
Spent 3 years in Arizona. There was only one thing that surprised me. In the Pacific NW you can have 119F, but wind the wind blows it cools you off. Get to Arizona, 124F but the wind might as well have been a blast furnace. Instead of cooling you off, a small gust would blow past and half of your face would try to instantly dehydrate into leather.
Add to that the scenario that every single plant in Arizona has a serious antisocial physical structure (including the trees) and the shade on offer is whatever your headgear provides...
When you surround yourself with cacti, you truly do live in the home of pricks.
With how hot it gets out there, it can actually be cheaper to just leave your AC on as long as your insulation is decent. The machine has to work really hard to go from 80 to 70, but if you let it run the one time to temp and just leave it on, it'll only ever have to adjust for a couple degrees max, and you actually run your compressor in the AC for significantly less time, and your home is comfortable. Win win.
The heat in Vegas(being a desert) is different than the humidity heat in the Mid-West. I was in Vegas almost 30yrs ago, and could not work out when walking the streets I was not sweating. We found that while we were sweating, it was evaporating as soon as it came to the surface.
Having spent just over 25yrs in the Mid-West, we have no such luxury, as you should embrace the suck and deal with the sweat..
To be brutally honest, with it all said and done, I would take the joys of wearing shorts from April through October in the Mid-West, when compared to your novelty Summer in the UK.
"Ne'er cast a clout 'til May be out" Basically, don't get ahead of yourself and dress for the Summer.
@@nunyabidness674oh yeah Arizona is rough weather wise. Depending on the season you roast by day and night you are chilly. The huge temp swings on a daily basis during certain seasons is hard to handle. I still think Texas is worse heat wise though because of the humidity.
Window shades pulled down, a dehumidifier, and a ceiling fan on low (in addition to a/c) are golden to survive!
I'm sitting here in South Texas, watching you talk about heatwaves, and you are just precious. Bless y'all.
It's true; it's the humidity that kills you. As a Floridian, the feeling of walking out the door and getting hit in the face with a wall of hot, wet air is all too familiar. Sometimes I run out of energy walking from the house to the car. A/C is essential! And hibernation helps in the summer.
Hello Florida are you exosing us with your humidity? I a Texan am used to it. I'm not even bothered by it maybe when the sun glares down is when it annoys me.
From Coastal NC, nailed it. We experience the very same.
I have to swap out where I sit throughout the day. It's the weekend, and this chair is smothering me, even with the AC going.
The humidity up north last week was actually worse than even Florida. The corn field can really pump the air full of moisture.
In the summer it's called estivation. Stay hunkered down during the hottest times.
I'm from Arizona and since I have been a child the occasional day over 100° was a regular occurrence with many notable days in the 115° range yes it is hot but I never felt that heat was as bad as people from other regions make it out to be until years later when I began to travel a bit more I realized how much more tolerable the heat was in the 0% humidity that is practically guaranteed in Arizona. The time I spent on a trip to Florida was miserable even with weather that never reached 95° let alone 100° and for the first time in my life I suffered severe dehydration. In Arizona a heat wave makes everyone whether consciously or unconsciously drink a lot of water the heat combined with 0% humidity makes you feel like you are always thirsty so as long as you have access to water you have practically no risk of dehydration not to mention great relief is found in splashing water over yourself as the entirety of your clothing can return to being dry from a fully saturated state in what feels like five minutes. In Florida and I assume any other hot region with high humidity it confused me because I had been used to that "dry" feeling of getting dehydrated I was accustomed to and spent far too long without drinking. To this day spending time in environments can even be comfortable at temperatures exceeding 110° so long as the humidity is 0% but even a 1-2% humidity can make temps of 90° unbearable.
The humidity in Nashville Tennessee today was 86% the high temp was 96 or 97 degrees. I didn’t do the math for heat index but it was well over 100. Yesterday was worse…. But next week will be glorious! Only in the 80’s!!!❤️🤗🐝
@@deborahdanhauer8525with humidity that high, surely it's raining somewhere nearby?
On the other hand, you never have to iron in humidity. ;)
@@LadybugLuv it finally rained late today near here. But humidity is usually fairly high here in the summer rain or not. I think I read that Tennessee is one of the 10 most humid states.❤️🐝🤗
@@atomicfrijole7542 no, your clothes are always wet. No point in ironing❤️🤗🐝
Growing up in Texas, we would fry eggs on the street or pop the tar bubbles in the road on days over °110. Looking back, I find it funny I got in trouble for wasting eggs ,but not playing in the middle of the street.
I didn't know the temperature got that high in Chicago. I love visiting family up north in the summer because 90° feels amazing after weeks of °100+ temperatures down here.
Wonderful job as always...
A. The AC is only meant to reduce the heat by 20 degrees. You may want to insulate your house more.
B. As heat rises, if you have double hung sash windows, lower the upper sash about 2 inches open so the heat escapes. This also has the effect of creating a breeze in the house and it sucks cooler air upstairs.
If you see all that condensation on your windows, please understand that this condensation is also in your walls. This is a recipe for mold. So, set your thermostat to something more reasonable for the summer, like 76 or 78. It'll also be less costly in terms of electricity usage.
You live somewhere dry? 78 is not reasonable for summer.
@@MuriKakari I live in Miami and 78 is fine. I set it to 78 in the day and 76 at night. People's bodies are continually acclimated to winter conditions because they live an ice box.
@@maltava4534 Yeah no. 67 is late September. Winter is -10. Bodies down there are better acclimated to the heat because you don't spend 5 months in deep freeze.
@@MuriKakari Wisconsin, which can get quite humid. 78 for the summer, and 68 for the winter are recommended for when you're at home. When not at home, 85 for the summer (or just off) and 55 for the winter (or when you're sleeping in the winter). The more time you spend outside, the more you get used to a wide range of temperatures. I personally am fine without having A/C on at all in the summer unless it's above 82 inside, and I go for 62 in the winter, but this is not a contest. Just try pushing yourself a little more and see how it goes.
@@radishpineapple74 I can see your point on the heat some, but 64-75F is the WHO's recommended temperature for best health. High humidity and lower temps increases severity of allergy and asthma problems. Overly high temperatures, even if sufficiently hydrated can contribute to fatigue related problems and Hot+Humid reduces hemoglobin levels, which can be a more serious problem if you're already prone to anemia, which can be pretty common among women teens-50s.
Also, outdoor temperatures are always different from indoor as far as how they affect you because of the air circulation. I assume you have the fans on or windows open in the summer at least.
It’s been 114/115 the past 3 days in Phoenix, AZ. One day was super humid, which made it feel like my skin was suffocating, the next two days have been dry like an oven that actually burns your skin in the shade. It’s miserable here.
I grew up along the Gulf Coast, and later moved to central Florida for schooling. It was so hot and humid that air plants grew on every possible surface, even power lines! Oh and sweat doesn't even evaporate after a certain high dew point.
Ended up getting a job that took me to Rhode Island, and upon moving there so many locals were like "eeeew, why would you leave Florida for a place as cold as this?" I was like, "yes, exactly!" Proceeded to enjoy the heck out of the New England seasons, including the incredibly snowy winter of 2014. I'll happily take living in a fridge while wearing a cozy sweater, over boiling alive in a t-shirt.
Im also in Illinois and i can confirm it was burning, stifling hot. Bless those who have to work outside. Its was miserable 😪
Yup I am here in NW Indiana and so hope we are done with the extreme heat this year.
You need double glazed windows, maybe even triple. The condensation on the windows is caused by the temperature difference between inside and outside. Double glazed windows will help insulate your home, reducing or even stopping that from happening.
At the least, and if you have them, put up your storm windows. That will help to a small extent.
I feel so bad for the folks that get the heat AND humidity. AZ here, heat was so high and so relentless we lost many trees and cacti. Water couldn't save them. Just too hot😢
I live in Kansas where anything between -40 and 120 F is possible.
Got to love it! 😁
We’ve been hating life down here in Texas this summer. Had three months so far of over 100 degrees F. I’m ready to sell and move up north.
Hi Laurence, here in Fort Worth we've had a string of 100°+ days that have been going on so long that I've lost count. This afternoon it was 108° and that's the official temperature, which is taken in the shade in a grassy area far from any pavement or buildings. When you are downtown surrounded by mirrored glass skyscrapers asphalt streets and concrete sidewalks the temperature far exceeds the " official" temperature. Looking at the 10 day forecast I see that a cold front is coming Monday that will drop the highs to 98° for a couple of days. I'll take what I can get.
I'm in Fort Worth too. Feels like we're living on the surface of the sun.
San Antonio here. It’s horrendous.
The only relief has been the water main break on Lancaster. Need rain. 🌧️
Fort Worth here too. It's supposed to be 94 today and that sounds "cool".
@@fs_dave We had one of those low 90s days this month in San Antonio. This ridiculous summer is teaching me to enjoy any day where the heat index is below 105. Had our hottest summer ever recorded in San Antonio last year and then this year had to be way worse. Today we break our all-time record for most days of 100+ recorded in a year with most of the two week forecast ahead 100+.
During Arizona summers, oven mitts may be necessary to drive your car; hot steering wheel.
As someone who grew up in western MA, my dad always had a dehumidifier, a large one, going in the hallway all summer. In winter, he'd take that out and put in a humidifier for the winter. We'd leave the hatchway open to the basement, which was dirt and stone, and allow it to circulate up and cool the house in the summer. As I am now a resident of Florida, I keep a small dehumidifier on low in the joined bathroom and it works well enough. I learned something very important. ANY A/C will only cool a room down by 25 degrees from outside. It has to be the right size for the house too. If you run it too hard, it will freeze up and that sucks!!! It doesn't take long to thaw, maybe a few hours, but those few hours can be nasty.
Yooo your window has some blown seals if that condensation is between the glass panes. Oughta get that replaced some time.
He has original windows in that house
That was a single pan window. The sweat was outside
I don't live far from Chicago and our windows were definitely condensated on and we have modern double pane vinyl replacement windows
@@Shotz718 Damn that's honestly insane
Raise that 67 degree thermostat to 78 to reduce that sweating.
What I would suggest for extreme heat index situations, with regards to AC, is to close the AC vents on the first floor and only keep the vents on the second floor open. The cool air will find it's way from the 2nd floor to the first.
When I was a kid, we had a crawl space that always stayed cool. My Dad rigged up a blower to send the cool air to the 2nd floor. The curtains were all closed to keep out the heat. Not true AC, but an acceptable substitute.
That’s why Lake Michigan is better downwind. It chills the air a spell. I live about 40 miles east of the big lake in Michigan.
My heat story goes back to the summer of ‘88. We had no AC and the attic i slept in was 104 for about a week that year in spite of the cross ventilation. Back during that summer it was rather dry too. We had humidity around 20% which was uncharacteristically dry for a midwest summer.
I have a second portable AC unit just for my upstairs because it gets so hot up there when it's sunny outside.
My heat wave story from this summer? Well, here in Dallas, we've only had 3 days in August that were under 100°F. And out heat indexes are regularly topping 114. Even now at almost 7:30PM, the outside temp is 103°. And my AC is set on 75 because we have to "conserve" electricity due to our spectacularly mismanaged electrical grid.
Another bad part in Dallas is that it isn’t cooling off at night. At midnight, it’s still been over 90 degrees.
@@sageduff4747 Three in the morning is the only time I can take my dog for a walk longer than 10 minutes.
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I visited Dallas and my impression was that Big D was a giant parking lot to the shopping outlets. The asphalt and concrete absorb the heat all day and give it back to you all night. Not only does that suck but it is a dry county. Sheeyit.
@@wolfe6220 same here. she's a pug and this heat is no bueno for her.
@@kirbyculp3449 Dallas isn't a dry county. you must have been here a very long time ago. It hasn't been dry since about 2010.
Your delivery is so deadpan, it's almost like you studied directly under Buster Keaton. Love it.
I do hvac work in the south and was replacing an evaporator coil in the attic above a kitchen. My pocket thermometer was reading 120F or 48C. Took about an hour and half to finish. Once i got in the 80F or 26C kitchen it felt like paradise and i felt very cool.
I live in Texas and we have been over 90 degrees for months. We have several days where records for heat were broken.
We used to visit my grandma in Wisconsin during the summer. The one year (back in the 60s or 70s) there was a heatwave. Grandma had one box fan. We slept (if you could call it that) on wet sheets and put bowls of water in front of the fan in an attempt to increase the cooling effect. She'd say that this kind of weather was the kind that made you want to peel your skin off and sit around in your bones!
I hope the humidity was actually low enough for the swamp cooling effect that you were going for.
I'm still in shock from learning that you had your thermostat set at 67 degrees! I'd be shivering, but I live in south Florida. We keep ours at 81 normally, but with the extra heat summer, raised it to 82 to save the ac from working quite so much. Ceiling fans make a huge difference.
Cooling a house that much costs a lot. I opt for a higher setting and sit in front of the fan. Hopefully, I save money that way.
I would absolutely BROIL.
Why do you have an AC at all? It’s to use when it’s hot and it’s hot as 7 hells right now
Mad that you pay to keep your house so cold when it’s so hot out. I prefer 68 but when it’s that hot out, I’ll set the thermostat to 72-74
My brother lives in SW Florida, sets his thermostat a 78. I roast in his house. He comes up to the IL/WI border in September and freezes when mine's set at 74. At night he piles on blankets with a heater. This time last year he was cleaning up after Ian, he never mentioned if his ac was a casualty. Every thing else was
I'm in Florida and a couple weeks ago we kept getting alerts saying "threat to life and property" for the heat.
It was pretty cool today in mainland Galveston, TX.
98°F/108° heat index
The worst this year so far was at work: Morgan's Point, TX
107°/116° heat index.
Humidity really plays a HUGE part in just how bearable a day at work is. Anything above 40% makes breathing difficult, sweating automatic, and differences in actual to feels like double digit.
I moved to Alaska from So Cal about 30 years ago. The highest temp I have seen here in Juneau is about 80F. When it does get a little warm here inside can be uncomfortable since everything is built for Winter and there is no air conditioning.
From AK, and moved to midwest 35 yrs ago; and when my father from AK visited us in his Isuzu Trooper, without a/c, he had to travel at night at this time of year, with a wet towel on his head, much like a turban.
Laurence, you never disappoint. That shot of you enduring sand blowing across your face was genius. I laughed reflexively. As the British would say, "Brilliant."
That was funny ! Last place I'd want to be on a hot humid day is on a beach. Sand sticks to sweat. Baking
I was worried about him getting sand in the cracks of his .... camera.
Greetings from Birmingham, AL, USA! I'm 67 and lived my whole life in the South, and spent my adult life working outdoors. This summer (2023) is what I've always regarded as a normal summer; according to the weather app I use, we have not broken 100F yet this season. Go an hour or more further south, around Montgomery and it's definitely hotter. Further south, towards Mobile, and the humidity really jacks up.
All that said, I have to keep my age in mind and give the temps (and humidity) extra respect!
I’m in love. You are so much fun to watch. Thank you for your humor. Humidity is the bane of summer and we are incredibly humid here in Rhode Island. Very hard to breath. We’ve had a strange year so far in regard to weather. A rainy summer instead of the drought of the last few years. Not as much heat as usual so grateful for that, and now grateful for your charm.