To answer the age-old questions "How hot does it get in the attic in the summer?" and "How can I tell the humidity of my cigars, without opening the darn thing every time and letting that precious moisture out?" so I installed a few remote thermometer/hygrometers in select locations around the house. Once I have a year or so of data, I will add some insulation to the attic, and then we can see how much of a difference it really makes! Will it be enough ? . . .
Outdoors - Back Porch, under the railing of the deck,
underneath a tree - no direct sun.
Attic - Hanging right smack in the middle of the house, about
two feet below the roof.
Living Room - Leaning against the wall, on top of a picture,
the center-most wall of the house.
Humidor - Resting inside Mark's humidor, which is in the
closet someplace.
The results can be seen below:
|
Outdoors |
Attic |
Living Room |
Humidor |
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High | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | Low |
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Temperature |
107.6 F 7/21/2003 |
-4.4 F 1/23/2003 |
114.4 F 7/17/2003 |
27.5 F 2/6/2003 |
80.1 F 8/11/2003 |
54 F 12/29/2002 |
79 F 8/14/2002 |
50 F 5/28/2002 |
|
Humidity |
100 % 4/8/2002 |
15 % 1/9/2003 |
85 % 5/12/2002 |
18 % 4/14/2003 |
71 % 6/10/2002 |
25 % 1/17/2003 |
76 % 3/21/2002 |
26 % 3/3/2003 |
Raw listing of the Temperatures / Relative Humidity in the following locations: