What temp do you keep your house?!?!

[deedeetoo]

Its 68 right now in my house but that's only because we turned the heat back on this week. Its been very chilly around here and when it got down to 64 in the house I gave in and put the heat on even though it is the end of May.

As for the summer, we only have room air conditioners and only use them at night. We usually set them at 78.

 

[missysid]

Well it kind of depends on the season and for us humidity outside.

Winter Day 60 night 63
Summer AC is only turned on during the hottest weeks - we open the windows and ceiling fans most of the time or the heat gets to us to much (we live on a farm and work outside so the AC can be a shock). When it is on it is 78 just enough to keep the humidity out. Lower if someone is sick or uncomfortable. Our basement does stay much cooler and we have a TV center and pool tables down there so we can hide out there when the AC is off as well

 

[delmar411]

Wow - so many answers! Sounds like I am not the only one with thermostat issues! Maybe I should buy him a fan for next to the bed and then he would be cooler at night and I could keep the air up higher.

Someone told me that if you turn your air up and down that your unit has to work harder to cool the house and you don't save on the bill and that you should stay at the same temp all the time - anyone know if this is true?

The steady temp in the house is pretty true. Because your unit (furnace or a/c) only has to click on and off just for a little bit when the temp creeps up a single degree. It's very easy to cool a degree and not so easy to cool 10+ degrees.

As for the fan, that may or may not work. It's worth a try if you are freezing to death and can't get warm enough to sleep.

 

[branv]

I must have hit the jackpot with DH, we are on the same page about money AND about temperature I do put the air up to 75 when it's just me at home, b/c I'll sit under a ceiling fan. But generally the house is not allowed above 73. DH would be fine with it on 70.

I've never bought the idea that people can adjust to temp as simply as some think. DH & I have both lived in TX our whole lives, & had parents who avoided the A/C (ugh, my dad used to take us camping during the hottest part of the summer, we were liked baked lobsters!). Yet neither of us has ever adjusted to the heat, and I've been known to easily get sick in the heat despite staying hydrated. I really do wish I could stand the heat, b/c May-Sept I'm locked indoors until the sun sets. Kind of stinks. And we will neeeeever go back to WDW in May. It only got to around 90 when we were there & we still felt like we were going to collapse. I was surprised that not even living in Houston for a few years prepared me for that level of wet washcloth weather

 

[DisneyMomma81]

We're in a basement apartment so we stay nice and cool in the summer, last summer my thermostat never read higher than the low 70's ~ and June-Mid Sept is hot weather here ~ it is a very dry heat though. We don't have anything but heat in our place ~ during the winter months (and it's cold from Dec.- early March) I keep the heat at 65 during the night and day time, and bump it up to 68 when we're home late afternoon/evening. We're buying a home (YAY) it's one level, no basement and it has Central Air - Hallelujah! I don't like it any warmer than 74 in the summer ~ I dislike being hot.

 

[hedgehog2owl]

during the winter we have it set to 68. The spring we just get hot or cold depending on the weather and we put the window units in in June, but I am not sure what temp they are set to, but they only cool one room.

 

[TxTiggergal]

I am a cold natured woman married to a hot natured man and we have a hot natured daughter. So I am outnumbered! But we compromise. At this time of year, at night, we keep the a/c on about 74. Then during the day, if I am home alone, I am comfortable with it set at 80. If others are here, however, we put it on anywhere from 75 to 77. When that occurs, I will often have to put on a sweater to stay comfortable. In the winter, it pretty much stays on 72 and it is usually comfortable for us all.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

I just checked. Ours is set at 74. But in the living room with the stupid high ceilings (which I'll never buy a house again that has them) it's still 79. I've got the ceiling fan on in the living room but it's not helping much.

Upstairs is the same thing. DD9's room has a temp of 79 but upstairs is set at 74. DS13's room is at 74 right now (he's got his blinds and curtains closed) and my office is at 74 because of the same reason.

I'm always hot, DD is always hot, DS doesn't care and DH says he is cold when he's home. I tell him to put on a long sleeve shirt then. LOL

We are in Georgia by the way - I think the part of the country you are in really makes a difference.

 

[chrisr938]

70 or below. it's HOT in Texas!

 

[lecach]

We're in Durham, NC.

Our AC is usually at 78, heat at 74. Luckily DH and I pretty much agree.

 

[wickywinn]

I must have hit the jackpot with DH, we are on the same page about money AND about temperature I do put the air up to 75 when it's just me at home, b/c I'll sit under a ceiling fan. But generally the house is not allowed above 73. DH would be fine with it on 70.

I've never bought the idea that people can adjust to temp as simply as some think. DH & I have both lived in TX our whole lives, & had parents who avoided the A/C (ugh, my dad used to take us camping during the hottest part of the summer, we were liked baked lobsters!). Yet neither of us has ever adjusted to the heat, and I've been known to easily get sick in the heat despite staying hydrated. I really do wish I could stand the heat, b/c May-Sept I'm locked indoors until the sun sets. Kind of stinks. And we will neeeeever go back to WDW in May. It only got to around 90 when we were there & we still felt like we were going to collapse. I was surprised that not even living in Houston for a few years prepared me for that level of wet washcloth weather

Exactly!!! We live in N. Texas and my dear mil refuses to put the ac on if it's "nice" outside, stating "well, it's so nice outside" ...well, have you looked at your thermometer on the wall there?! It's 86 degrees in here! We're not sitting outside. We're sitting inside. And she says it while sweating profusely with ceiling fans full blast and 3 area fans on high speed scattered around the room. Then we all take turns taking showers to cool off. It's insane. But we're partly to blame for going to visit her for entire weekends. We should drive out to visit for a couple of hours and come home to a comfortable 73 degree house.

 

[Camamile]

It's pretty hot here in WV. I've got the upstairs thermostat @ 72 (like it cool when I'm sleeping) and downstairs, it's staying pretty cool, I don't have any air on at all. I'm getting complaints that it's hot downstairs, but I'm trying to keep the bills down!

 

[lovehoney]

Summer in southeast Texas

72 at night -
daytime 73-78. I have my thermostat programmed to go up to 78 after DH leaves for work and it comes down to 73 right before he gets home. Lately I've been lowering the temp manually during the day. I'm almost 5 months pregnant and my body wants it cool. It' going to be a long hot summer. I am not looking forward to the $400 + electricity bill.

Winter
About 68 during the day and 64 at night.

 

[englishteacha]

I'm in Maine..what are these "air conditioners" of which you speak??

Just kidding. In winter, we keep our thermostat at 68 unless we get a really bad cold snap and we get that "chilled" feeling. Then we turn it up a bit.

In summer, the downstairs of our house stays quite comfortable with no AC, in the 70s, but the upstairs is in the 90s, so we have window units in the two rooms up there. If it gets really hot downstairs, we stay upstairs! Or we go to the lake.

 

[ilovebassets]

Ah, lovely GA humidity. We keep our around 73 until it is completely unbearable in July and August and then we crank it down just around 70 maybe 68. Luckily we have some large trees in the yard that help shade the house.

Ah, to live in the north again when all you have to do is open some windows. But then again there is that nasty white stuff called snow. Yuck!

I'd be freezing! I live in GA, too. We keep it around 77 in summer and 66 or so in winter. When I grew up, my parents routinely set the thermostat at 80 in summer turned the a/c off completely at night so I guess I got used to actually living in the GA heat and humidity!

 

[DMickey28]

We are set at 76ish (not digital so I can't tell exactly) year round. We drop down to around 70 at night. This is the last two years. Before that we lived in a very efficient building. We set at 73 during the day and 65 at night. That was also before DS.

We are moving back up North next week and I can't wait to buy a house and kill these AC bills. I average about $225 in the winter and $350.00 in the summer. I figure we will have higher bills with heating in the winter but over the course of 12 months will probably save up there, at least breaking even!

 

[anabelle]

I guess I am too cheap. But in the winter we set the temp at 64 and the summer at 76. I always have a hoodie on with socks and slippers in the winter. We have afgans all over the place. I will not spend a lot on heat when I can throw on a blanket.

 

[my3sons77]

During the day the upstairs air is turned off. Downstairs stays at 75-76. Hubby wants it at 77 but I have noticed that if I bring it down a degree or 2, it is much more tolerable in here. Haven't seen much of a difference in the power bill either so that is good.

During the night both upstairs and downstairs is at 73.

 

[mamalle]

wow I cannot let my dh see this post... we live in south fla and mine never ever goes under 77 and that is if Im feeling generous.. I leave it almost 90% time at 79. I will go to 77-78 at night if dh complains. during the spring and sometimes late fall its not on at all. some days like today I was gone all day and left it at 80... of course the heat hardly goes on either. Im not a big fan of paying large electric bills so our highest will come around aug- sept to a tune of $300 or such. right now its $250 which is typical for the summer.

 

[Kay1]

wow I cannot let my dh see this post... we live in south fla and mine never ever goes under 77 and that is if Im feeling generous.. I leave it almost 90% time at 79. I will go to 77-78 at night if dh complains. during the spring and sometimes late fall its not on at all. some days like today I was gone all day and left it at 80... of course the heat hardly goes on either. Im not a big fan of paying large electric bills so our highest will come around aug- sept to a tune of $300 or such. right now its $250 which is typical for the summer.

Holy Cats! Same here. I can't believe the people who have their air so low. I hope they never come down here because they will be in for the shocks of their lives. I would love to turn my A/C below 78 degrees but last time I checked? Not a zillionaire.