You should treat yourself to that cool shower. In and out - but could make a huge difference in how you are feeling. Or buy yourself a kiddie pool if you don't have a full sized adults in your back yard. Two households I know have bought kiddie pools this week - for their pets!

Hang in there, I know you know to keep drinking water.

LOL!! I was just talking with my sister about getting a kiddie pool! Sounds like a great idea to me :-)) The shared dog would not be interested but I'd be happy.

I live on a not very big island surrounded by salt water so the heat here is relative. I've lived here all my life, but multiple days in the upper 80's and 90's is not a regular thing and its much hotter the further one gets away from the water. Most PNW residents do not have any A/C so thank goodness for fans!! I can't handle A/C for long anyway and must have fresh air 24-7 so doors and windows (screened) are open as much as possible.

I can't imagine Lars dealing with his Palm Springs heat.....makes me too hot just thinking about it!

It's only 85 here but the humidity is 65% right now. I only spent maybe 10 minutes outside, picking some vegetables and fruit. I also clipped some seed heads off flowers, and some lower leaves from my okra. I was drenched with sweat when I came back inside.

You don't have a/c?

May through October that's the way it is in southern Louisiana. Every.single.day. A/C is a necessity. Even after taking a cool shower your body takes a while to cool down. It sucks!

Average humidity in the great state of Oklahoma is also around 60 -70%.

I strolled out to the curb to get the mail about 20 minutes ago. I wasn't even outside that long, and was sweating when I came back inside.

I am SO thankful we have a/c. I don't know how people manage w/out it.

Meanwhile ... our summer is miserable. We had the heating on one evening last week. Some places had a month's rain in a week. Hoping the temperature will manage to hit 68f in two days time.

On the other hand I'd hate to live somewhere where a/c was necessary. I don't like it at all and enjoy having fresh air and the ability to be outside anytime I like.

It's 98 here in Olympia and I'm only a couple hundred feet from Puget Sound. I was feeling really smug, after a lifetime of never having or needing air conditioning around here, that I'd installed some mini-split air conditioners after a couple of particularly scorching summers. Those years there was terrible forest fire smoke, so we couldn't have our windows open and I decided to get the mini-splits. My smugness was short lived when the power went out at 9 am! Ugh. Just about 1000 customers affected, it was back on at noon and the power company's explanation for the outage was: animal. Who knows what that means! I had to pick up my grandson at 11, so we just went out to breakfast and then shopped for our dinner until I could see the power was back on at home. It's nice and cool in the house now and I am thankful.

On the other hand I'd hate to live somewhere where a/c was necessary. I don't like it at all and enjoy having fresh air and the ability to be outside anytime I like.

I’m like you, floral. I’ve lived in Canada most of my life and love being outdoors. I have never lived in a house with air conditioning until 2 years ago when we had had enough of a heatwave with a week of 40 c. temperatures. I know, we’re wimps. 🙂

I have the A/C on right now as it is 34 c. and I’m feeling claustrophobic with the windows closed.

I suppose it is all what one gets used to. 🤔

I have no problem putting on a shower cap and jumping in the shower for a couple of minutes! Especially before bed. It feels so good!

We have an outdoor shower, and it matters not how hot it is...under the spray, it's lovely!

Judi, I do have AC but it's set at 78 normally. Right now it's down to 76 because my daughter's here helping me clean out the back room because my son is coming next week. I'm now freezing in my home lol. Earlier the ceiling fan just helped me cool down quicker without turning down the thermostat.

It's now 87 out there. We're supposed to get storms shortly and are in a tornado watch.

I had no idea it was so hot where Lars lives untilI saw the other thread! Sheesh! .We’ve had consistent temperatures in the high 90’s for a couple of weeks with heat index numbers in the 100-105 range almost every day. These are temps we usually see in August. Very unusual for June.

I feel bad for those around the country with similar weather and no a/c.

Kathsgarden I hope you get no tornadoes. I agree with those who say that a shower can improve one's outlook after exercise/gardening.

Lars, one news program showed crayons melting. Very pretty.

One of the nicest sensations is summer feet in cool water!