My overwhelming first choice is shade. Especially when the sun is so intense down here to touch chrome is to end up with a red spot and stinging, after lacing together a new and quite memorable string of colorful expletives.
How hot? When working on the car and tools are in the sun they are submerged in pail of water.
Turn the cold water on in the shower and wait until it doesn't scald.
When the kWh of my 600 lb Vestfrost refrigerator is double that of winter. When the Viking 120vac refrigerator spend more time running than off.
There is something malevolent in tropical humid air. It hates anything man made. Including man.