You Du'ers that live in the hot states where it's hot 8 months out of the year (or more), how do you

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. I have lived in several climates.

Temperate, but rainy and cloudy.
Dry and hot, desert.
and now here, in the humid hot south.
Hot dry is so much easier to bear than hot humid, IMO.

As I age, my bones and joints hate both humid dry and humid cold.
My secret is I stay in AND use a box fan, while keeping the house A/c at 78.
Keeping the air moving is important.
Can't afford to run A/c more than that.
PLUS I invested in a window A/C unit for my bedroom, which made it possible, after all these years, to sleep well at night in the summer ( summer being from April to frost in Dec, of late)
THAT made a huge difference in comfort, and I often fire it up and let a box fan blow the cool air into the den here, closing off the rest of the house during the day. Thus I have lower A/C bill in the hottest of the season.

I try to run errands before 10 am, ( as most people do here) and if needed, when I come home, I take a cool shower and put on fresh clothes.