This convention that summer “begins” at the solstice is so weird and disconnected from the commonly understood definition of summer. Flowers bloomed months ago, it’s baking hot, days are about to start getting shorter. It’s already summer.
I don’t think it is a convention anywhere but very very far north. For the majority of people living in the Northern hemisphere by far, as in almost everyone, it has been some for some time now.
Well okay but the name “Midsummer” does kind of make my point.
The heat follows the sun, so the hottest months are the two after the solstice
Sure, but the third hottest is June, not September, so if the seasons last (12/4=) 3 months then logically summer began 3 weeks ago.
Go outside and exercise as much as possible, while consuming sufficient water and electrolytes. Your body and mind adapt to the conditions you put them in.
Most people avoid the discomfort of adapting to changing temperatures as the seasons change. But if you just go for a walk outside on your lunch break and ride a bicycle around after work or something, you’ll find you are much more tolerant of the ambient temperature.
100% agreed. I used to hate the heat. Now I run in 30°C and, while running in that heat is miserable, I find it way more tolerable when I’m just out and about.
Cries in 95°F+ (35°C)
GO OUT AND RUN! 🥲
Keep the windows and curtains/blinds closed during the day, open the windows at night.
We had the windows open the other night, and next door’s cat decided to sneak in and visit us! 😁
Definitely better than my experience last night, it was a rather larger spider.
Eeeeeeekkkk 😮😮😮
She has been evicted.
Sunglasses, cigarette and a leather jacket.
It’s finally hot enough that I broke out a sun dress.
We get a meal delivery service each week and they use the giant ice packs. So I’ve taken to just keeping two or three in my freezer and then sleeping with a pack at my feet each night or carrying it in the car while I do errands. And I get fresh ones delivered each week. A nice way to recycle the packs
Put them in front of a fan.
Resting your feet in a bucket of cool water.
Works amazingly well. Change the water every so often.
Loose fitting clothes, big hat, bottle of water, shade.
Go to the Southern hemisphere.
Living int he southern hemisphere
Move further north.
You mean like to the living room?
Today (June 21st) is summer solstice
Solar powered fans
Take the plastic housing off of an upright column fan and turn it into an air blade.
I’m not joking, I have done this. It provides an amazing laminar (non turbulent) column of air that is so refreshing.
Always wear cool sunglasses.
Oh, you meant temperature wise? Silly me…
Clothes that leave plenty of breathing room, and avoid wearing clothes that are too dark.
As water is abundant where I live, I sometimes leave the tap running into a bucket in the sink and let any excess drain the normal way. That way I always have 10L of fresh mountain water as a heat sink. It’s not as effective as ice, but it does work.
