I remember the 1960s Arkansas. Hotter than he!! and no ac at all. It was so hot all a kid could do was go to his room, lay on the bed and let the sweat roll off you. Nights were just as bad as it did not cool down and you woke up several times in the night from the heat and the bed sheets would be soaked in sweat.
Old timers used to take their beds outside and sleep under a tree.
I remember visiting family in Arkansas in 1964. Being from Alaska, we were not used to the heat. We were there for three weeks, it never went below 87 degrees,even at night. the night we left to go home, it rained and cooled off to 78 degrees. We rolled all four windows down and hu our heads out.LOL
I grew up in Minnesota with no a/c. Cold in the winters, but hot in the summers. (We live in Seattle now. The kids hear about going to Minnesota for a summer trip and go “But its soooo hot there!!!!”)
As a kid I used to tickle myself laying in bed - it gave me goosebumps which made it feel cooler. I’m not sure why my parents didn’t just put us all down in the basement to sleep - it was always cooler down there.
When my folks were growing up they had screened in porches they would go sleep out in.
Here in Seattle it is 65 and drizzle today. Fairly common, although we did have a bunch of dry weeks earlier and even hit 80 I think. Most years it is like this until July 4 - then they hit a switch and it is upper 70’s, low 80’s the rest of the time, with 5 to 10 90 degree days.
Just looked it up - forecast is 66-67 until Monday. Tuesday is 73, the 4th is 80.