When I see the calendar flip over to October, I sort of let out a sigh of relief and put a big grin on my face as well.

This is because I know that the summer is essentially over.

There may be a few more days in the high 80’s left but the days and days of temperatures hovering just at or over a hundred are over for the next 7 or 8 months. And that is a relief indeed. As tough as it can be to manage the summer heat, it’s totally worth it. The rest of the year is absolutely glorious when it comes to weather and temperature. The winter is so mild that our heat pump rarely even has to be flipped over to heating on the thermostat. Now that’s the sort of winter that I like. I’ve experienced what our neighbors to the far north experience and never want any part of that again. Pretty much, if you need a gas furnace or a boiler to get through the winter, it’s just too cold for me. But like I said, we more than make up for it with the summer heat. And it’s not just the high temperatures, it’s the humidity as well. Thankfully, residential HVAC can manage both the heat and the humidity. The heat pump is designed to move heat energy out of the house. And as it does this, it’s taking a bunch of moisture with it. That balances the humidity levels inside our homes. This makes such a big difference to the comfort of our homes. The heat pump and HVAC cooling are the only thing that can really manage this sort of summer. But as we welcome October, I’ll start to think less about all the air conditioning.
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