A/C: how big a gap?

[The Mad Monk]

^--HOT.

I tend to like things cool (72F), but as the temps go over 85F I park the thermostat at 77F, going to 80F when I leave for work. Once temps hit 95F or so, I try to keep the house temp to about 15F under the outside temp, but often give in if I have trouble sleeping.

What rules do you have?

Also, are whole house systems or individual room untis the rule where you live?

This week in KC:

[MrFun]

I need to have it very cool at night, when I sleep. I prefer 70F at night, and I like to keep it around 73F during the day most of the time.

[Lorizael]

I need to have it very cool at night, when I sleep. I prefer 70C at night, and I like to keep it around 73C during the day most of the time.

Wow, gays really are inhuman!

[MrFun]

I had a brain fart. I corrected the post.

[Lorizael]

I know. I'm sorry.

[MrFun]

Send me a Hallmark sympathy card, kay?

[The Mad Monk]

A product of a fine local KC business!

[MRT144]

Would you honestly change it for Seattle weather?

[The Mad Monk]

Would you honestly change it for Seattle weather?

?

[MRT144]

low 70s high 60s for the next week, no one uses AC in their residence.

[The Mad Monk]

Honestly change what for Seattle weather? You're responding to a challenge nobody issued.

[MRT144]

Honestly change what for Seattle weather? You're responding to a challenge nobody issued.

You live in a place that makes AC a fundamental part of living there. Would you trade that fact of life for more mild weather in lieu of AC?

[The Mad Monk]

How much rain do you have, again?

[The Mad Monk]

Good morning 41 Action News Weather Bloggers,

An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect at least through Friday. The all time hottest June temperature in Kansas City recorded history is 108° in 1934. We will likely make a strong run at this record Thursday as the western and central Kansas air heads our way. As you can see it was 115 degrees in Hill City, KS Tuesday:



Here is the 7 day we showed on the 10 PM newscast last night. Meteorologist Brett Anthony updated it this morning, tweaking the highs a bit. He lowered the 107° to 105° and he may be right, but I believe we will have highs between 102° and 111° across much of our viewing area on Thursday:



That western Kansas air will be forced our way later today and tonight and temperatures will get out of control without a cloud in the sky and with a nice westerly to southwesterly breeze on Thursday. The heat wave begins today and we are forecasting 102° this afternoon. This is the beginning of what will likely be a rather dangerous heat wave. The biggest dangers will be to the elderly, people working outside for long periods of time, and to our landscaping. I just looked at the latest GFS model and I really don’t see any chance of rain for a long time. Once the heat builds in it will be hard to move out. If we do get a cold front in here we can hope the heat gets pushed way out of here, but more likely it would get pushed to our south and west and just come back in as the pattern shifts back into the building ridge. There is some potential for some tropical easterly flow making it this far north, but I don’t see this possibility at the moment.

I will try to update the blog later this afternoon. Have a great day! It’s summer time!

Gary

http://weatherblog.kshb.com/

[Asher]

I'm getting A/C installed as we speak.

A 48,000 BTU unit. It's much bigger than I expected.

I keep my house at 19C (66F) at night, 20C (68F) in the day when I'm home. When I'm not home, in the winter I let it get down to 17C (62F) and in the summer up to 24C (75F).

I also, of course, have a humidifier for the winter that is hooked up to an outdoor temperature sensor so I don't need to keep adjusting the humidity.