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Third extended heat wave within 6 weeks.

The previous one exceeded 40°C, and the buildings not yet had time to completely cool down from that one before the third wave hit.

I was considering putting up a tent in my garden myself, but as I own a ground floor flat, the indoor temperatures did, with the help of some additional cooling measures, thankfully not exceeded 27°C.

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

fans only move hot air around

That's what I was talking about, move it out the window

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

I've tried this many times over the years but when the walls are already heated up and the temperature outside stays high during the night it makes very little difference to confort levels. The heat just radiates from the walls and heats the inside air all night. Until I got proper air conditioning installed I just suffered during the summer.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

That does work (mainly at night). But it's annoying when the walls don't cool down. I've found that it's better to have very large windows because they don't retain the heat (just close the blinds during the day).