It’s pretty amazing when I have to go outside midday during the Summer.
- It’s blazing hot this time of year as the heat and humidity are at their highest levels of the year.
Just going out to the car to grab something results in sweating. So when I walk back inside the central air conditioning of the house, it’s such a difference. Of course, that has everything to do with the fact that the heat pump provides the cooling comfort we need to deal with such temperatures. Still, it’s astonishing to walk back inside the house from outside. Today, the temperature outside was 93 when I went outside to grab something. The thermostat in our home is set to 80 degrees. That seems like a high setting right? Well, we do our best to acclimate to the rising temperatures during the Spring. That means we don’t need as much air conditioning all Summer. The 80 degree thermostat setting is pretty much normal for midday in our home. Still, it’s just night and day going from 93 degrees and loads of humidity to inside the central air conditioning of our home. It’s just remarkable how inviting and comfortable that 80 degrees is when you walk in from outside. What hits you first is the fact that the temperature is nearly 15 degrees cooler. But it’s the crispness of the air that really makes the cooling comfort. The air conditioning process actually is balancing the humidity levels as it’s cooling the house. That means mold and mildew are mitigated while the air feels so delightful compared to the humidity outside.