a ceiling fan makes a lot of difference.

have insulated window treatments, and close them tight before you leave in the morning.

If you can afford it, use 100% linen sheets. They wick moisture away from you to keep your bed cooler (but they also keep you warm in the winter).

I have a "silent" ceiling fan, with 4 speeds. Can't sleep with out it.

Thank you everyone for the suggestions!
mcburja72 - I've heard a lot about linen sheets being rough and scratchy, do they ever soften? I was thinking about buying some but I wasn't sure if I could get over the roughness.

raineycarole - Thank you, I think $300 is a little out of my budget, but I'll look around and try and find one cheaper!

nnigrt and D. Stone - I'll definitely see about installing a ceiling fan, thank you!

Sleep Number Balance mattress pad helps for under side.

Some women in menopause find cooling pads helpful, here is an article about opiotns: http://www.nosleeplessnights.com/cooling-mattress-pad/

The SN Balance pad was available and the least expensive. I did consider and you could consider nosleeplessnight options.

If you have a window, you could add a window a/c unit really for a little over $100.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/42338320?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227031488346&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=53878119392&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=112956202112&veh=sem

I get very hot and it's not from menopause! My husband's body throws off a lot of body heat and I have to sleep in the summer with the A/C down to about 68 degrees; my ceiling fan on high; and a floor fan that is up on a stand and I have it blowing on me by my side of the bed on high.

Frances, linen sheets get softer over time, and the better the quality the softer they'll be. Having said that, I have a linen duvet cover from Ikea that I love - I just wish Ikea would offer linen sheets as well.

I couldn't live without a ceiling fan in our master bedroom! Two people in a bed does generate more heat (no, not that! minds out of the gutter , please!), and the ceiling fan helps. Yes, a decorative light fixture would be more aesthetic, but sometimes comfort has to rule!

If you are able to open the windows at night, do so and then close everything up with insulated curtains during the day. That's what I do.

How low is your bed -- as in: is the top of your mattress level with the bottom of your window opening? If not, get some risers to raise your bed. I realize this seems counter productive since heat rises; however, with fans, the heat transfer from atop your bed -- blowing the heat out the window -- works better if the top of your mattress is at or above the bottom of your window opening.

There are window box fans that have weather guard for the motors. Even if you need to add a shelf beneath your window sill, having one of these blowing out toward the west (hot side) and another blowing in from another wall to create a cross breeze can help a lot.

During the worst of the heat and humidity, wiping your face, neck, inside of your arms at your elbow and back of your legs at your knees will help cool you. Having a plastic bowl with with some water and a washcloth on the floor near your bed for when you wake up hot can help.

When you don't actually need any blanket, strip the bed down to the sheets at night. Separate twin bed TOP sheets of any kind you like will also help -- his body heat will, for the most part, be heating and beneath only his sheet and you can each fan your own sheet as needed with less likelihood of disturbing the other.

Consider: Do you have multiple layers of thick padding beneath you HOLDING the body heat and/or can you switch to having only one relatively thin mattress pad atop your mattress.

Consider: Is your mattress an older one with a dip in the middle so you both sink into the middle and touch each other and/or will your mattress flip over or upside down and alter that -- or do you need a new mattress.

They sell small fans you can put in your window. They are held in place by closing the window on them. At night you blow the air in, during the late evening before bed turn it around to blow the hot air out. Also I sleep with an ice pack under my pillow. It's dirt cheap. Old school you hang a damp towel in front of a fan , swamp cooler. Or put a bowl of ice in front of a fan, air conditioner.

I'd recommend percale sheets. It's what our grandmother's used. It's cool, crisp weave allows air to flow through. Pay no attention to thread count, which will be around 200, maybe 300. Target has two types that I want to try. One is simply called "Percale" and the other is called "Vintage".

The other thing you can do is use sleep on a feather bed, or if you have a down/feather comforter, use it in the summer as a feather bed, and in the winter as a comforter.

Stick to all natural, cool bedding. Wool is great, if you aren't allergic because it regulates body temp, keeping you cool in summer and warm in the winter.

And last, if you can't get a window, or wall a/c, install a ceiling fan, or use a floor fan, and use a low floor model in the hallway to force cool air from the other side of the apt. into the bedroom.

I only use percale sheets because they are the coolest sheets I've ever slept in and I love how smooth they are.

Only because no one has mentioned it I have to say, you must be nude. Perspiration and a fan will work together to cool you.

Emmarene, is that why you said elsewhere to put cheesecloth on the bed?

Come to Australia in your Summer, as its Winter here, but not much snow. Problem solved!

any fan in the bedroom on a timer, works well.