I do not enjoy summer

I'm on the opposite side of Scotland and it rarely gets above about 75F here either - but it can get down to -15C / 5F some winters. However the range of temperature is usually a lot less than this and it's generally pleasant enough all year . It's also quite dry here on the East coast. It was about 62F here today with a good amount of sunshine.
 

To me, the perfect daytime temp would be around 72. I grew up in the deep south and I hate hot and humid weather. I cannot wait to open the windows and get some fresh air. But then we will be all stuffy from the leaf mold blowing in. Oh well, what are you gonna do? I just want to be outside and not sweat!
 

October and November are my favorite months around here....light jacket in the morning, then shirtsleeves by noon...most days. Summer is ok if the humidity isn't too high, but even then I limit the outdoor time to the mornings, and late evenings. We always seem to get 2 or 3 weeks of bitter cold in Jan, or Feb, but if there isn't much snow, that is tolerable...just bundle up.

A couple days ago, I saw the first "woolly worms", and they were light brown....which according to the Farmers Almanac, is a sign of a mild Winter...hope so.
 
I don't enjoy hot days in the summer, but we don't have too many of those yet so I'll be OK for the near future. I'm pretty good if the temp gets up to the low 80's as long as it starts to cool off by 4 PM or so. We have relatively low humidity here in the San Francisco bay area so high temps here don't feel as bad as elsewhere. As long as it cools off in the afternoon and evening I'm fine.

On days where it's 85 or hotter (we hit 105 sometimes) it can be miserable because we have an old house with thin walls, very little insulation and old single pane windows that face south and west so we get late morning to evening sun on those. On very rare days where the temp doesn't fall below 85 until late at night we tend to hole up with the dogs in our bedroom that has an in window AC unit and keep the door closed until the rest of the house cools down a bit.

The shelter in place has been good for us though because now we're around to keep the house open in the morning when the temps are usually between 55 and 65 and we can get it cooled down before it starts getting hot. My wife had bad experiences with open windows in places she's lived in the past so we can't keep windows open at night. But we can generally get the house at least bearable before we go to bed.
 
debodun said:
Am I the only person that doesn't like summer? When the temp gets over about the mid-70s, I am extremely uncomfortable. I function best between high 50s and mid-60s. Winter is no picnic for me, either, but I just find it easier to cope with. My furnace thermostat is set at 65.

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Same here, Deb!

Absolutely LOATHE summer!

Trying to get out early enough in the morning to garden, or early in the evening to beat the heat, everything bone-dry, constant watering, vehicle baking inside when you first get in, insects, mosquitoes, sweating, changing clothes constantly... hate it.
 
I cannot stand the heat if it's hot here in the summer, and this is someone who lives in the UK, where very hot summers are a rarity!!!!!!

I like a slightly warm evening with a gentle breeze. Don't know whether it's an age thing but I heat up like a furnace even in winter. Need the window in the bedroom open but can never cool down if it's a hot day. I have to have the fans on throughout the house. O/H has to put on extra clothing when fans are on :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
Treacle said:
I cannot stand the heat if it's hot here in the summer, and this is someone who lives in the UK, where very hot summers are a rarity!!!!!!

I like a slightly warm evening with a gentle breeze. Don't know whether it's an age thing but I heat up like a furnace even in winter. Need the window in the bedroom open but can never cool down if it's a hot day. I have to have the fans on throughout the house. O/H has to put on extra clothing when fans are on :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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My favourite when it comes to ironing! :)
 
peramangkelder said:
In South Australia during Winter the temperature can get below 0 Celsius at night and into mid 40's Celsius on hot Summer days
I always find it's much easier to keep warm than to keep cool
When I was a kid we did not have fans and no air-conditioning but nowadays we use our air-conditioners as needed
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Do believe kids are more resilient, even oblivious to the cold and heat.

Same in my childhood home, no air-conditioning, and no fans, yet I don't recall ever suffering like I do now.
 
Every summer reminds me of my youth. It was the best of times, even when I worked on the farm. I still reflect back being so sweaty and stinking to high heaven, and talk about being thirsty. There was a well on the property that an underground spring ran into it. We would drop the bucket down and crank it back up to get a bucket full of really cold spring water.

One day, Randy, our boss, decided to take a shower by the well. He told me to get a bucket of water from the well while he stripped. When I got the bucket up he said to dump it on his head, so it would run down over his body, so I did. He soaped up using soap we made to wash the cow’s udders with. While he was soaping up, I was drawing another bucket of water for the rinse.

Everyone was supposed to have gone away, or so we all thought. Just as I poured the rinse water over him, the owner’s oldest daughter stuck her head out the door to see what all the noise was because the water was really cold and when I poured it over Randy’s head, he would really yell. Well, there was really some yelling when he saw Cathy and she saw him. They both yelled.
 
Spring and fall fan here also,hate the heat and humidity
I had freckles and Auburn hair( Celtic) as a kid and suffered in the summer.
I'm not sure if I hibernate more in the summer or winter,I live in Northern NYS,so no stranger to snow but it doesn't bother me in retirement.
 
911 said:
Every summer reminds me of my youth. It was the best of times, even when I worked on the farm. I still reflect back being so sweaty and stinking to high heaven, and talk about being thirsty. There was a well on the property that an underground spring ran into it. We would drop the bucket down and crank it back up to get a bucket full of really cold spring water.

One day, Randy, our boss, decided to take a shower by the well. He told me to get a bucket of water from the well while he stripped. When I got the bucket up he said to dump it on his head, so it would run down over his body, so I did. He soaped up using soap we made to wash the cow’s udders with. While he was soaping up, I was drawing another bucket of water for the rinse.

Everyone was supposed to have gone away, or so we all thought. Just as I poured the rinse water over him, the owner’s oldest daughter stuck her head out the door to see what all the noise was because the water was really cold and when I poured it over Randy’s head, he would really yell. Well, there was really some yelling when he saw Cathy and she saw him. They both yelled.
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I have always really enjoyed your farm stories.
 
I dreaded summer - until 7 years ago when I became less than half the man I used to be. Now, I'm always cold & I NEVER use my air conditioner unless I have company - at home or in my car. Upstairs gets up to 94 & I'm just fine. I go for walks when it's 107 outside. I don't even own a pair of shorts.
 
911 said:
One day, Randy, our boss, decided to take a shower by the well. He told me to get a bucket of water from the well while he stripped. When I got the bucket up he said to dump it on his head, so it would run down over his body, so I did. He soaped up using soap we made to wash the cow’s udders with. While he was soaping up, I was drawing another bucket of water for the rinse.

Everyone was supposed to have gone away, or so we all thought. Just as I poured the rinse water over him, the owner’s oldest daughter stuck her head out the door to see what all the noise was because the water was really cold and when I poured it over Randy’s head, he would really yell. Well, there was really some yelling when he saw Cathy and she saw him. They both yelled.
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This sounds like the start of a farmer's daughter story. 😁
 
Seems like we have summer 11 months of the year, and then we get EXTREME summer, like now. Today's "feels like" will be 110.
Keep my A/C in my apartment at 67 most of the time. with the ceiling fans.
 
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Depends on where I am. When I lived in Washington State, I loved summer. The humidity was low, the skies were usually clear, there was always a gentle breeze. (I lived on an island.)

Since moving back to Maryland, not so much. The summers here are like a tropical swamp. But we didn't come back east for the weather, it was to be near our son.
 
it get dreadfully hot here in the midwest. triple digit temperatures with high humidity. stifling stuff.
 
Anyone remember a summer where it was so consistently hot for so long? Here in the northeast U.S., we're on our third heat wave since June. A heat wave is when the temperature reaches at least 90F for 3 or more consecutive days. Of course, to me a heat wave it when it's more than 75F for two days in a row.
 

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