[Magic_Mikki]

95 here in MN yesterday. My brother lives in La Crosse, WI and it was 103 there yesterday. YUCK! I layed out by the pool and read a book, stupidly without sunscreen!! I burned. Today I'm miserable. Never make that mistake again!

We use air conditioning and ceiling fans. We try to keep the air at a higher degree but sometimes it gets so hot and we turn it cooler! Not so eco-friendly, I know.

[LeanyBean]

We haven't installed ceiling fans yet. Thinking of putting in 4 right now. One in each bedroom and one in the dining room. We just moved in here in October. And let's face it Iowa isn't hot in October. We've nearly gotten frostbite while Trick-or-Treating a year or two.

We have central air but the unit looks like it has never seen a day of maintenance in it's life and is at least 10 years old. Our last house had central air too but it never worked longer than 10 minutes. Besides I prefer the fresh air flowing through the house day in and day out during the warmer months. We hardly ever even use the air conditioning in the van either but at least that one works wonderfully. I swear we could use it as a back up refridgerator without worry.

[Samual]

Do you only have air heating as a rule in the US? We have central heating here, metal radiators full of hot water.

[QueenAngie]

Trying to be helpful here:

120* F = 48.88888888888889* C

110* F = 43.333333333333336* C

105* F = 40.55555555555556* C

100* F = 37.77777777777778* C

95* F = 35* C

90* F = 32.22222222222222* C

80* F = 26.666666666666668* C

71.6* F = 22* C

I can't ever figure these out in my head.

[mcmama]

The type of heating and cooling in the usa varies by region and age of the building.

Most homes in Florida built from 1970 forward have central air/heat on an electric system. When I was a child, we had window air conditioners and a small propane heater. You just don't need much heat in a house in Miami, but you do need some.

My house in NJ was also central air/heat (forced air). That house was built in the 1940s. My guess is that the central air compressor was added later. Many homes of that era and older are heated with oil. That house was fueled by natural gas.

Heat can be radiated and that can be steam or electric. You can have baseboard radiators in newer homes, or the old fashioned noisy steam radiators.

Many older homes used to have coal furnaces. Those were replaced by oil and natural gas systems.

I have seen homes in Idaho built over a hot underground spring that are heated with the natural hot water from those springs - they're old houses, and it was a really ingenious design.

[Samual]

Seems I spoke to soon, met office have issued a health alert due to heat, fun.

[mrs_ray]

This weather in Ohio is DEVINE! We've been 70's-80's for WEEKS. We're only just hitting 90's range again.. We hit it and then BANG it dropped.. We had the coolest July on record from my understanding.

[DealDebbie]

It was actually cool here in NW Florida this morning. But the humidity really starts up once the sun is overhead you feel more than the heat. Good beach weather.

[QueenAngie]

It's hot here and due to be for the next few days.
How hot it is?
Hot enough that DH finally decided we'd better turn on the central air.
Ahhhhhhhh!
Definitely August weather now.

[LeanyBean]

We went for weeks without seeing 80 and many days with barely hitting 70. We had a record cold month for July here in Iowa. The heat never dissipated on the overnight so we'll see mid 90s today. Ugh. August is here and Summer has definitely returned.