Well, the heat has returned — and, if the forecasts can be believed, we can expect gradually accelerating temperatures through the week.
Currently, predictions call for a high of 99° by Friday.
Nevertheless, it remained mostly mild through much of the day yesterday — but it warmed into the upper 80s by about 4 p.m., and the air conditioning came on after being off for the previous 60 hours or so.
I knew when I went out to check the meter this morning that my consumption increased — and I was right. Most of that was due to yesterday's heat, but some had to be due to the fact that I couldn't go check on the meter as early as I would have liked. The sky was dark and overcast, and we had an early morning thunderstorm.
Conditions still weren't ideal when I went out to check the meter, which is why today's photo is hard to read. Nevertheless, today's meter reading is 9230. Yesterday's reading was between 9217 and 9218 so consumption in the last 24 hours wasn't as bad as it could have been — about 12½ kWh.
That, as I anticipated, meant an increase in consumption — more than 47% — over the previous 24 hours. But, although temperatures were cooler than usual on this date last year, my electricity consumption was lower this year than it was last year. Last year's consumption was 20 kWh so my consumption this year is about 37% lower.
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