This summer sure has been hot and humid. Usually the weather in Vermont is very pleasant, we might have a few hot days, but for the most part you have hot days and cool nights. This year has been a lot wetter and hotter than normal. How can you keep your house cool without installing air conditioning?
One of the best tricks is to open your house up at night and let the cool air in. In the morning when the temperature outside starts to get higher than the temperature inside the house you close up your windows and pull the shades. This will keep the house nice and cool during the day. In the evening watch the temperature and when you notice it is cooler outside than inside open up the windows once again and let the cool air in!
Now that you’ve got the house cooled off, how do you stay cooled off? Keep hydrated, drink plenty of water! Use a cool facecloth if you get really hot. Find a pool or a lake to keep cool in!
On really hot days we go down to our stream to cool off, the water is always freezing no matter how hot the day is!
Plan your meals accordingly. Use your grill so you’re not heating up the kitchen. Cook up some macaroni and make a nice cold salad to enjoy. You may find that it feels better to eat smaller, more frequent meals.
You can also use fans inside the house to cool down. Set up a ceiling fan, an upstairs window fan or an attic fan to draw off the heat collect in upper rooms and push the hot air outside.
It may seem hot and humid now but I know it won’t last forever. Before long I’ll be shoveling snow!
How do you keep cool in the hot weather?
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