You folks don't know when you're well off ;-)- it's been
triple digits here in Arizona for the past two weeks! (Of
course, the humidity is only about ten percent, not the 90%
or so you get in Florida - and "dry" heat IS more bearable
than humid.)  My cats are either sacked out on the bed
(under the ceiling fan) or curled up in the bathroom
wash-basin (presumably it's cool there, and fits them so
snuggly they feel secure).

Well, it wouldn't hurt it if was about 22-23C for a while here!  That's a
nice temperature that suits me, the cats, and my poultry.
AC in private houses is almost unknown here, too.  We simply don't need it
except for maybe a few days a year.  Britain is protected by the Gulf Stream
so mainly our climate is temperate.  Lowest I have known is -15C and highest
34C.  Both extremes are unusual, though.
I found it far too hot when I was in Germany in the month of August.  I was
there for 10 days and it was in the 30's every day.  It would be the same in
the winter, it is minus 10-20 for ages and it would be too cold.
Now here in Britain, we never know what the weather will be like from one
day to the next and that is why we talk about it so much ;-)
N once said to me "when we Germans think someone is boring we describe them
as someone who is always talking about the weather.."

"Ah" I said, "that's because your weather stays the same for a long time,
and is predictable.  It's a fascinating subject here as we never know what
we will get.  Snow in June, heatwave in February?  Stand at a bus stop and
someone you never met before will say cold today isn't it? or do you think
it might rain?"
I told her it was pretty obligatory for a Brit to talk about the weather,
and bless her, she always mentions what it's like in Germany in her emails
now.  My weather is more exciting though..;-)

Tweed