Right now in south-central Texas it's 89.1 degrees at 2:43 PM -- but that isn't the half of it. The heat index is NINETY-EIGHT degrees!
The normal temperatures for my area on October 4th -- High: 79, Low: 59.
What's funny is that we NEVER go below the "average" temp -- it's always far above it. That means something is going on with the sun, the magnetic poles of the earth, etc.
I wish I had a nickel for every time a given day's High Temperature record was set sometime after 2005.
So here we are, running the A/C in October, even though we only run the A/C when it's physically necessary. We're not one of those "run the A/C or heat all the time; don't worry with the windows" families.
I own about 11 box fans and I know how to use them. But it's miserably hot and humid today.