When you're moaning about being in a room without air conditioning, spare a thought for Peter Carston and his team.
He and wife Kiri own Bakers Delight Rotorua and often spend hours slaving over a hot oven in even hotter conditions than those the rest of us are
experiencing outside.
Rotorua has been very humid and although most people can turn on a fan or crank up the air conditioning, it's not that easy for Mr Carston.
Humidity is the ratio of the amount of water vapour that is in the atmosphere.
In Rotorua that ratio is normally about 60 per cent in January but so far this month it has been about 70 per cent.
Between January 13 and 15, the humidity averaged 95 per cent in the afternoons, NIWA climatologist Stuart Burgess said.
"It's been in the 90s much of the time."
As if dealing with the humidity isn't bad enough, Mr Carston also has to contend with the heat from the ovens and the prover room, which is where the bread rises and rests before getting baked.
"The humidity has been pretty bad, it does seem to affect you," Mr Carston said.
"You've just got to keep hydrating yourself."
He and his staff are baking every day from about 1am until about midday in temperatures that can rise to between 35C and 40C inside the shop.
Mr Carston provides his staff with soft drinks and encourages regular breaks when possible and says that as they are so used to working in hot conditions, the current humidity isn't having too much of an effect.
It's not causing too many problems at Rotorua gyms either.
Marlene Bradford from Lifestyle 2000 Health Centre said on hot or humid days the gym opened large sliding doors to provide a flow of fresh air.
Fans and a water fountain are also provided.
Rotorua's Golds Health and Fitness owner Steve Gardiner said as long as people had fluids and sweat towels they wouldn't have any problems.
