I live in the US, and the forecasted high for today is 39°C 🫠

It’s been so hot where I live this week that 30c sounds nice. It was 36c during the day yesterday but felt like well over 40c. It felt like an oven. It’s 27c right now at 1:30 am. So here’s some tips- Drink a lot of water. Stick to the shade. Keep a wet towel around your neck. I wet a baseball cap and wear it. Don’t be in direct sunlight light for long. If you don’t have a/c, I know most don’t in UK, open two windows on the opposite side of the house to create a drafted. Hang and secure a wet towel over the window where the wind enters and it will act like a natural a/c. Won’t do a ton but it will lower the temps inside a few degrees. That’s all I got.

If you live straight under the roof and it’s hotter inside than out: close the blinds, open the windows.

Otherwise, keep everything shut, close the curtains, get some stick on sun shades for your windows. Open everything at night, then keep an eye on the heat in the morning and shut everything when it gets hotter outside than inside.

Have lukewarm (NOT COLD) showers. If you have a bath, fill it so you can cool down every now and then. Also fill a washing up bowl to put your feet in.

Get a fan. If it’s not too humid, hang a wet towel in front of it or pile some of those bricks you use to cool a cooler in front of it.

Wear linen, viscose or modal. Don’t wear trainers.

Fans are cheap and effective. The ones that stand on a pole. One in every bed room - point it at you while you sleep. You’ll get used to the noise pretty quickly. Koreans think that pointing a fan at you while you sleep will kill you but ignore them.

Carry an umbrella for mobile shade. Do not leave the house without it.

Hammocks. Preferably a mesh one for ventilation.

Do not go outside in the middle of the day. Have a long nap instead, then stay up late and party. The Spanish know how it’s done.