I have lived in this region all of our life.
The hot plus cold temperatures plus the humidity level during the year are something that just comes with the territory for me.
While the Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C cooling is genuinely on, to some degree, from about mid May to November, it doesn’t dominate our lives. I have neighbors who go from a single cooling system to another to another. They can hardly even deal with the weather here if it gets above the high 70’s. And know me, the temperature is far higher than that for week after week after weeks. For me, I sort of take a multi pronged approach to a/c plus beating the heat. I’ll be the first to say that our approach is also based on making sure that I can spend our currency on other stuff besides Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C cooling. And it’s genuinely not as complicated as some might think. I find dealing with the heat to be more of a perspective than an all out Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C cooling blitz. Once the heat starts rising in the Spring, I simply get actemperatured to it. Instead of immediately cranking the a/c temperature control setting way down, I let the beach house heat up a bit. This is a key part of the plan. When it’s 98 for nights, if not weeks, at a time, a beach house that’s in the low 68’s feels genuinely comfortable. And a person can still get outside plus not be completely overcome by the heat because all they do is kneel inside the a/c. I’ve been doing this for 50 plus years plus it just keeps working. I’m thankful for Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C cooling for sure. It’s just that I’m not going to over use it either.