Too hot

[Fantozzi 4,064]

May I ask - what do you do when room temperature exceeds 35C/95F?

(Can't participate on serious debates on Simtropolis anymore - my head feels like a  clumb of sobber)

Any advice - funny or serious is welcome.

[Cool_Z 1,547]

A fan is a good idea !! I also take more showers, not cold but not far from cold. 

[TekindusT 3,809]

Being natural from Barcelona, trying to feel OK indoors when the thermometer hits 30°C is like my national sport.

Typical advices are keeping the windows open but the blinds low throughout the day, allowing not much light (sun radiation) in your residence. If possible, create a natural air flow by opening two windows in opposite parts of the residence and letting Bernoulli's law refresh you. Try also having one of those fans that rotate during their operation. A fan pointing all the time at the same point can be bothering, meanwhile if it rotates, everybody in the room can have a bit of confort. 

Extreme doses of ice creams (those made of juice and ice, not the creamy ones) are recommended.

[Delta 88 262]

Like others have said, try blocking out the sun and keeping windows/doors closed - basically make your room a dark cave. It will keep it much cooler. Having a fan in the room helps.

The temperature in my room has reached 102°F on several occasions. I just leave the room when that happens, I stay somewhere else for most of the day.

[Cool_Z 1,547]

Also, I open every window at night to get fresh air in, and close early in the morning, when I got the freshest air.

[Ocram's Razr 963]

Or you could become a snowbird if you can afford it. Seattle is crowded with tourists this time of the year. Campgrounds throughout the Pacific Northwest get the majority of their visitors in Summer (and late Spring). As for myself, I'm a bit chilly over here in the Palouse (Eastern Washington/Idaho Panhandle breadbasket) despite my long black jeans and warm polo shirt.

[Odainsaker 2,133]

It can be misery in South Texas when the home air conditioning unit goes out and your warranty repairman is on vacation.  For just such emergencies, we roll out a 11,000 BTU, model LP1111WRX portable air conditioner from LG.  Pricey, but it works, and you just need a wall outlet, some water, and an operable window to attach a small hot air exhaust vent.

I get frustrated and lethargic when my room gets above 80°F for too long, or when the control freaks in the family start engaging in air conditioner thermostat power plays.  Not only will my stash of snack chocolates in quickly melt, but I have noticed that if the room stays consistently too hot for too many days, thin plastic wrappings such as video disc packaging will soften or become sticky.  If plastic is melting on the desktop, surely it must be too hot, and those in the house who walk around in their underwear because it feels more comfortable and then complain they are somehow too cold and that we need to shut off the AC need to instead put on some freaking clothes and not abuse the rest of us with their selfish idiocy...gripe...gripe...gripe...

 

[airman15 4,111]

Most of the US uses air conditioning for two reasons: not only does it lower the temperature inside but by using it, you aren't exposing yourself to the humidity as you would by opening a window. My area in Northern California doesn't get too humid but by using AC it gets very expensive running it all summer.

If you aren't using ac your next best bet would be to wear light clothing like white cotton helps. You'll also want to wear as few layers as possible; an old t-shirt with gym shorts and sandals should suffice. If you wear anything dark in the sun, you'll be roasting in minutes. When you are out in public but want to keep the sun off your neck, it would help to wear a hat. A baseball cap would be great to keep the sun out of the eyes and off the face but you'll want to protect the back of your neck too. If you have access to a wide brimmed hat (something like this would be perfect) it would be the best way to go.

And if you have the opportunity to do it, take a trip to a river or a lake every once in a while! Just don't forget the sunscreen. It would help to bring ice water too; you wouldn't want to drink anything room temperature on a hot day.

These are the ways I had to cope with the scorching heat in Roseville. This next week is expected to be 41-43C, and that's how every summer is.

[MintberryCrunch 83]

If you live in a place where room temperature can get above 95, you better have an air conditioner!

I live in a dry warm area of Southern California (in fact, there's a wildfire going on not too far from my town!) and I've never seen the room temperature go above 85 without the AC on, but since we have AC, we use it whenever it gets too warm (usually if it's above 80). 

If you live in a dry area, you can use an evaporative cooler, since those don't use as much energy nor cost as much as AC, but probably won't work in a humid area. 

[metarvo 710]

I live in Texas, where the natural heat's always on high in the summer.  I tend to stay in with the AC, particularly when it's 90° F or hotter outside — i.e. the whole summer which is usually from mid-May to mid-September.  If I can't do that, then I try to drink a lot of iced water or iced tea.  Ice cream's always good, too.