Line drying laundry in the Middle East

[ThighsRelief]

I was hanging out washing today here in London and marvelling at how quickly it dried (about 27 today).

I've been wondering about places where is regularly 50. What do you do? Hang it out at night and bring it in very early? It would be too hot to do the pegging out in the daytime surely?

I have no good reason for asking just wondered!

You can get jeans dry in an hour when it's above 35

Why would it be too hot to peg washing out?

@MrsElizabethShelby Erm, if I stood outside in 50 degrees and pegged a whole load of washing out I'd probably keel over, wouldn't you???

When I visited death valley, 124°, our holiday laundry was dry in minutes. Was great.

But if you pegged it out at night wouldn’t it get.....

.....darked on?

@IHeartKingThistle How do you think people survive day to day life in hot countries 😂

In the south of Spain my granny used to peg washing out in the morning - it would be dry by lunchtime and she would iron at night when it was cool. I love doing my washing down there, all the whites get absolutely dazzling!

I thought you couldn't really go outside in the height of the day in somewhere like Doha.

I have lived in hot countries 30-35 but not 50.

@MrsElizabethShelby well I thought they didn't tend to stand outside when it was 50 degrees. My mistake, laugh away

Well according to the forecast for Doha it's 38 and sunny at midday tomorrow.

Very hot but not so hot you couldn't hang washing out for ten minutes at lunchtime

The only problem is that clothes fade.
And towels go hard.

Ok, i must be not explaining myself, I was just musing. I'll rephrase.

In countries that reach 50, do people change their behaviour regarding line drying washing when it is 50?

My MIL lived in Cyprus for a while, years ago & she told me she could start hanging washing out at one end of the line & by the time she'd finished she could start bringing it back in!

It was cotton shirts & skirts rather than jeans but still - Wow!

I wondered that Baroness, at that level of heat and sun do you do things differently. It would seem such a shame to put the dryer on.

I imagine i would peg out when it's cool enough and take it in at about 9am.

@Thighsrelief depends what your behaviour was in the first place no?

I like to hang washing out any time of day have put a load out to dry tonight in fact.

Meh.

You're exactly right, OP. We don't get 50 but regularly get over 40 and I don't want to be outside in that so I hang it out at night and bring it in after my coffee.

Thanks Elizabeth.

We have temps of up to 40 and I hang washing out at all times of the day, and yes cottons that have been spun at 1200 are virtually dry as you peg them out. I can even hang some out at 6/7 and bring them in before bed

You definitely wouldn't want to be hanging them out in 50 degrees unless you had a death wish depending on what level of humidity there is.

If it's dry air then fine. If it was humid/tropics air you wouldn't last long in 50 degrees.

So it's not a stupid question!

It's also one of the reasons some areas/cities may become practically uninhabitable with climate change (except for those that can afford to, and are okay with, living indoors in air con during the day).

I hang it out first thing in the morning or at night depending on what is drying. I can't leave things out all day that will get damaged by the sun as the line isn't under any shade. There's always a dash to get coloured items off the line.

My SIL lives in Doha and it's not especially unusual to be mid-40s in the summer, if that helps.

It was 49 when I was in Death Valley and I could feel myself beginning to pass out within a few minutes of going outside.

I used to live in the Midwest so upper 30s and very humid in summer. The locals thought i was insane line drying and i thought they were nuts running an air con and a dryer at the same time.

I live in Doha.
I do a wash at night and put on hangers inside on a wheeled rack .Then in the morning those and any addition washing put on hangers get wheeled washing into the garden. When it's truly boiling, I can wheel it in rather than blister bringing in dry washing. I have a line for sheets .

Most people use the dryer rather than line dry. I feel this really bad for the environment but if it is really dusty may fluff stuff in it after drying inside.
In the summer I wash all our feather pillows and cushions as they dry so quickly.
Also I use a hose, squeezy and mild detergent and do the carpets and rugs by hand in the evening and they are dry by the next one.

I live in Australia, I hang washing out early and bring it in an hour later. If it's in the 40s I use a clothes horse, so I can hang it while still inside. I can't leave washing out overnight as spiders like to hide in to.