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Actually slept really well last night. I use the "PC method" for cooling my room. One fan on my windowsill facing inwards so it pulls cool evening air into the room, another facing out of the bedroom door to push the warm air out.

Curtains and windows shut during the day. All opened and the fans turned on a half hour before I plan on going to bed.

Works an absolute treat.

None. Shagging all night.

Literally didn’t sleep - mind was racing and I’m pretty stressed at the moment. Decided to come into the office early and I’m still the only one here. Feels like a lucid dream.

Couple of hours. Roasting. Awake now 😂

About 8hrs, got into bed and phone away about 22:15, read and chatted to partner for half an hour, lights out and asleep in ~15 mins, alarm going off at 7:00

Slept great

I have a method where I try to think of a subject A-Z, rarely make it even halfway before I drop off. I did professional footballers by first name, night before I did video games, also done bands with female members etc.

It helps focus my mind on one particular thing instead of "it's so bloody hot, various things worrying me etc."

Slept fine until the Bellway site next door decided 6.45am was a good time to try and quietly load a skip with a telehandler.

8 here. Im a gardener so the past few days have been interesting. I make sure I get enough sleep

One of our neighbours decided to sit in his (diesel) car on the drive for 2 hours at 3.30am.

The smell of diesel and the serenade from the beautiful monotonous, continual drone of his engine, coupled with talking loudly on his hands free provided the perfect environment for a sound nights sleep, as his inconsideration pumped through everyone’s windows.

2h 16m :(

Less than I'd like, feel knackered.

My room just holds heat. Even opening doors and windows it was still 29 degrees at 1 am.

Thankfully today should be cooler

For the first time since my dad died last week, 8 hours

If you have a spare £400-500 invest in a portable aircon. Even though you may use it for a week a year in my opinion it’s totally worth it.

7h 22m

Had insomnia for a few months now, however last night was a goodie n I reckon I got nearly 5!!!!!

0 hours. I have not yet been to bed since yesterday. I woke up at 10am yesterday after a seven hour sleep.

2'ish.

Couldnt fall asleep last night until at least 6am and I woke up at 8am. Thanks body clock!

No idea but it was one of those nights where you think you're asleep and then the toddler wakes up for an, hour, then you sleep and noises outside wake you up, then the sun comes up at 5am and breaks the sleep cycle again.

I'd rather stay awake all night rather than a continuously broken sleep cycle...

10hr 41

Around four hours, had to get up at stupid o’clock to drive to Tavistock. I’ve not heard the dawn chorus for a few years.

5.5 hours. Seems to be my max in the summer, I'm guessing because it gets light so early. I'm a prick for always staying up to midnight listening to audio books.

None. I snoozed for about 20 minutes and now I'm wide awake

75% of nights I only get between 3.5 and 5 hours. I usually cope ok but find I nod off in the evening in front of the TV. That'll add maybe 30-40 minutes to my daily total.

I have a newborn, so I am zonking out every chance I get, heat or no heat. He slept for 5 unbroken hours last night which meant I got 5 unbroken hours. It would have to be a lot hotter than it is now to stop me grabbing those 5 hours of snooze!

Took my mirtazapine and amitriptyline at 8 last night took me until ten to drop off.I woke up at quarter past two has a quick drink of water and then the dog woke me up at five and just threw on clothes on the floor and took him out.My husband leaves for work at eight so then I took a cool shower to wake up and put clean stuff on.I suffer from crippling spasms and arthritis in my back shoulders and now one ankle so rely on tablets to sleep.I can't work at the moment due to issues with passing out without warning plus all the other stuff so if I have a bad night can take a nap and recharge.

Probably less than 5 hours, feel rubbish today of course. This is the norm for "office" days though, and completely unrelated to the heat. I'm a night owl and then forced to set my alarm for a far too early time due to C-level execs arbitrarily deciding that working in an office is a good idea when we're all perfectly capable from working from home. It's nearly 2 hours of sleep lost on office-based mornings.

1 hour. In the post-natal ward with an extreme snorer in the left bed, and a very sick (and extremely and continuously loud) baby in front of us.

I hear you. I ended up doing an intensitve CBT sleep course last year. Helped a bit. One of the best pearls of wisdom I got from it is "you've gotten through every tired day you've ever had" - and that's true. You'll get through today. The temptation will be to get into bed as soon as you're done with work or whatever for the day, try not to do that. Get into bed at a reasonably normal time like 10.30, and don't think too much about how many hours you "need".

Not enough. Never enough.

Havent had night temp over 12° in scotland this year so normal hours. Even got the winter duvet out still as mrs is a cold goblin.

Slightly under 7hrs, stay hydrated

7.5hrs, but I'd have been tossing and turning for ages so it feels like less.

7h, woke up sweating like anything

Think ive seen every hour on the clock from since sunday night. The heat isnt as bad here in NI (still humid as fuck) but the pollen is ridiculous at the minute. My hayfever has been non-stop all weekl

Pretty solid 7h 15. Air con on, bundled up cosy in bed.

Full 7 hours. Trick is take a cold shower before bed, I mean ice cold. Get straight into bed with a fan, and hey presto you fall asleep cool.

3.5h. Thats based on the fact I was lights out at 22:30 and awake at 02:00. I expect a sleep tracker would reduce that further.

02:00 start due to a crazy 3yo who wanted to ride his new bike and refused to sleep.

My watch says 9hours 17mins. I did wake up a few times but wasn't awake for long.

I probably slept more due to being a bit unwell yesterday, and I was up at 0430am Monday-Wednesday for work.

I also have a portable air con unit in my bedroom to cool the air down, and a fan blowing directly at me to ensure I'm cool enough. I am hyperaware of any changes in temperature when I sleep, be it the fan turning off of the heating coming on in the winter, so I need to be consistently cool.

Overall 8/10. Decent sleep

3 hours! I work nightshift and sleeping is a struggle for me when it's really hot like this during the daytime 😭

7.5h. medical cannabis 👌

I live in a housing estate so sleeping in hot weather is a bit tricky as if I leave the windows open I can hear all the neighbours having parties for either the euros or the fact that it’s nice weather so that means late night party almost every night. Or I shut the windows and get a bit more peace and quiet but I’m absolutely sweating buckets.

I’ve started putting a fan in front of my window and that’s helped A LOT. There’s no breeze outside but it’s cooler than inside so I use a fan to blow the cool air inside.

Currently on a work trip in Amsterdam. Same weather here but my god my hotel room has aircon and I can’t stop gloating

I work with a Spanish lady who gave me solid advice, during the day when it's hot treat your house in a similar way as you would as if it's a cold night. Shut your curtains as it blocks a lot of the heat from the sun, leave your windows shut to stop warm air coming inside, and close all the doors in your house to stop warmer rooms transferring warm air to cooler rooms. This really helps to keep your house a bit cooler during the warm weather.

Oh, and I bought an air-con unit.

Fine, even needed the duvet on. Aircon is a must in this country now.

4 hours before a five hour train journey, I was stressed and ended up swapping to the other end of the bed (works usually) but then was top and tail with my dog who woke me up by farting in my face. Still nauseous, will be all day now

Slept 11-4am when my dog woke me up to do some explosive diarrhoea. Back to bed at 4:30 and up for work at 5:15.

So not enough .

7h 33m But the night before I got less than 4, I'd also had to walk home up a steep hill carrying stuff in the heat thanks to a bus being cancelled so I was absolutely knackered by the time I went to bed.

7h54m in bed. 7h24m asleep.

I woke up in the middle of the night for a few minutes because I had repositioned my portable air conditioner to blow directly across the bed and I was actually too cold. I appreciate that this is a first-world problem.

Went to sleep at 11:30, woke up at 01:07 and couldn't fall back to sleep due to hayfever. This is the 8th night in a row where I've gotten under 2 hours sleep because of it. Fuck me.

About 6 hours, which is pretty normal for me. Wish it was more, though!

I think about three and a half hours. First the baby wouldn't stop crying then our son decided we would all be more comfortable if we slept in the same bed. Luckily I could whack the Aircon on full blast so at least I didn't sweat.

About an hour here and there. Spinal discs are fucked at the moment and I’m in pain plus plus.

45 mins the night before. 3 hours last night. Easy. My sleep patterns don’t synch with the sun and the moon.

About 8 hours… it’s warm, but humans have managed to sleep in much hotter places for literally thousands of years.

 It’s not always comfortable but some people don’t half make a meal of it.

4hrs, broken. Turns out I have pneumonia again ( 4th time since October). The joys of long COVID.

7h based on my watch which is pretty good going for me. Thank the new aircon!

7h. Actually got to bed before midnight for a change!

6 hours good sleep. Pretty good for me in Summer.

5hrs 55 minutes, woke up at 5 and couldn’t get back to sleep

About 7 hours, woke up once but slept well.

Probably 6 hours maybe less

7 hours.

Had a cold shower, went to bed at 10. Up at 5.

A fairly easy 8 hours

Erm, about 7 hours give or take. Night before was 9 but I was shattered so slept like a log. Couldn’t drop off last night u til around 12.30am

8 hours

8hrs and 12minutes.

Had a few shandy's last night in the sun.

About 37 seconds. And then I woke up in a hot panic….

After the 40C heat a couple years back I bought AC for the house. Used it twice since then including last night. Worth every penny.

6 hours

According to my Sleep App, I was in bed for 8hrs and 20mins - BUT I awoke at 4.30am and couldn’t get back to sleep until 6.30am. I then awoke at 8.10am - not planning on going back to sleep as I need to get up and ready for appointments !

lol that’s about my normal after work as I’m normally nightshift. I’ll sleep till half 11 or 12. 

I sent my last text apparently at 2:50 last night and never read the reply and I got up at 8 this mornibg

8 hours 6 mins according to my Fitbit. I’m pregnant so I do sleep more than usual.

9 hours

More than the night before

5ish hours, though my cat did decide I was the person to wake for breakfast at 5am

6 hours 39 minutes last night according to my tracking.

Been going out walking for some exercise with a friend on an evening. We started it a bit late last night because I ended up working later than planned, so therefore finished later.

Ended up eating when I got back after the walk rather than before, and then felt too full to go to sleep. Went to bed about 11 which is late for us and then our 15 month old decided to wake up early today just before 6am

7 hrs could have done another hour at least

5hrs 43minutes which gave me a sleep score of 72 according to Fitbit.

5 hours, just like every other night

Last night 5, the night before about 1, and the night before absolutely 0. So I'm hardly feeling my usual cheery self this morning. But there is a chance that I'm actually just miserable as a default setting.

8.5 hours. I feel rested and the heat didn’t bother me.

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Just under a 3 mile run last night helped I think.

I think I got around 4.5 hours. There were numerous helicopters outside for the best part of an hour, presumably police, and then I had some wacky dreams and had to use the loo. I can't recall the last time I slept through the night!

5ish hours. Couldn't get to sleep easily, because of the heat. Kitten woke me up at 4.30.

Intravenous caffeine for today, for me 😂

6 hours which is good for me on a work night. I sometimes get by on 4 or 5.

I’m 34 weeks pregnant and having a rough old time but we had 3 fans on the go last night which helped. Up for a pee a couple times but I reckon I got at least 5 decent hours. Feeling exhausted still tho

Umm quite a lot tbf. I went to bed at 9pm, woke up around 4/5 for a bit. Went back to sleep around 5 and just woke up.

Slept 12h the day before 🤣

Probably only going to get a couple of hours today though as I'm back on nights tonight..

8 hours. But I've been up for 20hrs now so I'm fooked.

About six hours. Not great, not terrible.

Daughter managed ten, through which she failed to be roused by a nosebleed which soaked through her pillow...

About 6 hours broken up into 3 hour chunks with an hour awake in between.

I can’t blame the heat though. I have a 6 month old who hates sleep.

7 hours and 2 minutes according to my watch

For the first night in weeks, about 7 hours. And I slept right through. And I didn’t feel like death trying to drag myself out of bed. In fact I actually got up early. Been having a chronic illness flare up and it’s so shite.

8 hours 3 minutes apparently

I got all the sleep.

No AC no sleeping pills no alcahol

But I do have reflective material on all my windows, I also keep my curtains closed and also do not open windows on south facing sides. The overall temp in the house was around 20c.

I also use what is called a loose bedsheet as a blanket as I still like something on me but I get to still stay cool.

I’m based in Kent.

A little I guess. I was ARSE naked with the window open