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We're not setup for hot weather, so we resort to all kinds of things to keep us and our homes cool.

Apart from ordering fans from Amazon, what else have you been doing to keep cool?

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[–] WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

He did not make any errors. Texas routinely gets over 40C all over the state. I have experienced it in Johnson City as well as in Houston

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] goatmeal@midwest.social 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Those are the average highs. It can peak well above that for a given week.

I live in northern US and have the opposite phenomenon. Average low in coldest month is 12F but we usually have about a week below 0F