"Col" wrote in message
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. How much does it affect others?
Well, it affects me pretty badly (yawn). I too am a light sleeper, and part
of the problem anyway with getting to sleep with the windows open involves
the extra noise (compensated somewhat with earplugs if it's too bad).

For the past week, temperatures have been above 30C when I've gone to bed
(somewhere between 9 and 10 PM usually), peaking at 36C midweek and 35C
yesterday, both past 10 PM.

Trying to get to sleep in those conditions is bad enough, but what's worse
is because I'm a light sleeper it doesn't take a great deal to wake me,
leaving me to try and get off again. The other side effect is that the sleep
I do get doesn't seem refreshing in the slightest, meaning I feel somewhat
dozy after a couple of days of this sort of weather.

Sadly, even having the windows open helps little, as temperatures at 5:45 AM
today when I got up were still 28C up there - atrocious, and it won't take
long before it rises into the 30s again.

The Autumnal wind and rain can't come soon enough for me!