Continental climate, hard in summer !

Since we arrived, we had a hard time with the cliamte, it's so unusual for french who live in the west part of France and it's not that nice. The summer is very hot (almost 35 degrees) and it's not cooler at night. I was against climatization but hopefully we have it in our house and now I changed my mind... It's very humid also, you have frequent big flows, thunderstorms...
Don't try to stay outside too long during evenings ; mosquitoes bite hard, bees also. I prefer the french mosquitoes, believe me !

Usual animals are very different in this part of the Atlantic coast. Squirrels are everywhere, little birds have red bec.