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I like it cooler, but of course I live in the desert. Eventually "cooler" traslates to "not as hot" much as "warmer" traslates to "oh God I'm gonna die". Our hottest day was 117 and it hit in June, that whole summer was a nightmare.

But I'll never live in the snow belt. It takes about 5 minutes to recover from heat once you get in air conditioning, compared to the hour or so it takes to warm up again coming in out of the cold (I used to live in Chicago, I know cold).

It has been funny watching the global warming arguement from here though. Since that vicsious spike in 1990 things here have been definitely cooler. We went from snow every 5 years to snow every year (not "real" snow, it never sticks here, just white crap falling from the sky and screwing up traffic for a couple of hours), and the last couple years we've had multiple snow or near snow (melts before hitting the ground but if you work in a tall building you can see it) days. Meanwhile the last few summers have been comparitively mild.

The Southwest, southern Arizona in particular has had a definite climatic change over the last 50 years or so, when I was growing up in Phoenix. It's wetter and cooler, but not less comfortable, as it comes with more humidity.
Temperatures approaching 120oF were not uncommon in late June, and rain? Forget about it. The monsoons in August were dust storms with occasionally enough rain to make a mess. The Salt River never saw water, and was safe make-out area for ASU students.
When was the last time that you saw the relative humidity in the sinlge digits?

"Our hottest day was 117 and it hit in June,"

There must be some frost impeding the operation of your thermometer. - We frequently have such temperatures in the inland bay area, and we're 500 miles north of you and a couple of thousand feet lower in elevation. - Back in the 50's it would hit 120 F. in Walnut Creek at least 4 or 5 times per year; now it never makes it that high.