Yesterday was between 41 and 43 degrees most of the day, a fair bit of smoke but not as bad as today where I can't see 100 metres and inside the house it is a dark as night time with the lights off.

Spent yesterday in the bedroom with the small air-conditioning unit going and the TV with everything else in the house turned off. I thought might as well try cut down our electricity usage on such a hot day. I was worried on such a hot day the electricity grid might fail, luckily it handled the load OK.