Getting into reptiles and snakes!

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Hello all,

I'm a 37 y/o professional guy who is just now getting fascinated by snakes and other reptiles. I don't own any yet as I want to make sure I have all the supplies and everything starts out as good as possible.
The only problem I foresee is where I live. When I'm not working, I live in Mexico (on the border) in a small house with no insulation. In the winter it gets down to mid 60s inside but in the summer (still even now) it can get to the 100s even with the door and window open. I'm wondering how I would modulate this for reptiles. We don't have a cooler/ac because we always say that it's only hot like that in the summer sometimes and then it starts to cool down in Oct. (So far it hasn't.) My concern is, any ideas on how to make this suitable for snakes/reptiles? As they are cold-blooded animals, I realize that ambient temp spikes/drops can't be the best thing for them. Any species that tolerate it more than others? My first reptile I've decided will be a corn snake or king snake.
Thanks all!

Z

What is the temp of your floor? I expect you can do this, but you might need to be a bit creative, and also vigilant about checking temps. Just a wrung out towel set underneath the cage might provide sufficient evaporative cooling.