Yes it’s a bit hot for simming, both from a comfort and as you say a technical view. It should be cooling off over the weekend according to my phone.

1 hour ago, jon b said:

My house was built in 1896 when they knew a thing or two about building houses and thermodynamics.

Ours was built in 1839, 3 bed granite cottage. Our walls are very thick too, and I know exactly what you mean regarding thermal mass.

In these temps the house certainly hasn't been keeping us cool though, and upstairs in the evening is sweltering.

If we keep the windows open in the evenining and somebody accidently puts the light on we get some interesting wildlife visitors. 😀

I'm not sure if they had better knowledge of thermodynamics in those days or if they just used the materials they had access to, in this case granite.

Edited 4 hours ago4 hr by martin-w

Guys, here’s the solution for this problem. And it originated in your own country. Get with it!

Experiment finds yoghurt can lower house temperature

Dr Ben Roberts and a PhD student conducted research on two test houses at Loughborough University.

Jersey provisionally recorded a record-breaking maximum temperature of roughly 39°C today, surpassing its previous all-time record set in July 2022.

It looks like those thunderstorms are approaching you now from the south. Jersey Airport is giving a PROB 40 TEMPO for modererate thunderstorms 18-24Z and a PROB 30 TEMPO for heavy thunderstorms for the same time period.

4 minutes ago, jon b said:

It looks like those thunderstorms are approaching you now from the south. Jersey Airport is giving a PROB 40 TEMPO for modererate thunderstorms 18-24Z and a PROB 30 TEMPO for heavy thunderstorms for the same time period.

Hopefully moving north overnight. 😁

Looks like up here we might get some storms in the early hours and then some more tomorrow afternoon

Currently dumping a load over Rennes and heading north!