What temperature do you keep the house at during the day?

[love2read]

63 or less

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

71

72 or warmer

[Marie in Oh]

67 in the winter for the heat.

[PeterPan]

68. But I'm pregnant. ;)

[RebeccaS]

Summer-70*

Winter-65* when Chris is home, 60* when he is not.;)

[Julpost]

Summer - 70.

Winter - 62 to 64.

[Crissy]

62.

We wear socks and long sleeves when it gets cool. On those wet days when it seems colder than it really is, we'll turn up the heat for a cycle or two. But never above 67.

[Binalina]

I am guilty of turning the heat up to 74 on the coldest winter days but that is only on main living floor. Upstairs and downstairs stay @ 64 ish. I can't stand being cold all day! I shiver even bundeled up and so do dc. For the most part it stays at 70 in the winter and I try not to turn AC on in summer unless it hits 85 degrees or higher outside and then only in the middle of the day if it is oppresive.

[Only me]

a/c goes on if the house gets higher than 80. Then the chocolate starts to melt :). If I turn on the A/C I usually set it at 76 (dh sets it at 77) during the day. At night it goes down to 73.

 

During the winter I usually keep the thermostat set on 70 during the day at 67 at night.

[hornblower]

72 if we're sitting around doing schoolwork

68 if I'm cleaning, doing chores, cooking ie. have my butt off the couch

 

When it really starts getting cold & wet, I keep the gas fireplace running in the living area too.

 

I hate being cold & I get cold very easily. Adequate heat is one of the luxuries in life that I'm unwilling to give up. I do drop the furnace down to 61 overnight (because I have huge down quilts, cat & dogs to keep us from freezing at night) but it's programmed to kick in about 1/2 hr before I get up so the house is nice & warm.

 

A wimp in Canada

[Once]

67 in the winter for the heat.

 

 

:iagree: For the summer temp too. 76 degrees. We did not need it much this summer since we opened up the windows at night and cooled the house off.

[TrixieB]

67 in the winter (furnace)

 

We have no a/c so summer inside temps are high 70's to low 80's.

[The Governess]

76ish during the summer.

68ish during the winter.

 

Although our back family/dining room probably gets up to 80 degrees before the air kicks on - the thermostat is at the front of the house.

[Tammy]

but of course....we do get a reprieve some months, LOL. We are all comfortable at 82....and I use a comforter at night too, LOL!

 

When the high gets below 80 here....well....we think it is cold, LOL!

 

Tammy

[Prairie~Phlox]

Summer 78 is what the a/c is set at. If it's nicer than that out, we leave the windows open.

Winter 67 is what the furnace is set at. If I'm baking, it gets a little warmer. We just bundle up, wear slippers, etc.

 

Phlox

[SABE]

79 during the a/c months and 67 during the months we run the heat

[missplacedalaskan]

We live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast...79 in summer...64 in winter.

 

We are looking forward to moving back to Alaska where we pretty much kept the heat at 64 in winter and off w/ no A/C in summer.

[suzf242]

No A/C, but the house never seems to get above 80 in the summer. In the winter we use a pellet stove. Kitchen, library and bedrooms stay between 55 and 65. Living room and dining room go down to the 40s unless we use the gas fireplace.

[Country Mouse]

75-78 in the summer

 

68 in the winter

[Parrothead]

60 in the winter. How ever we manage in the summer without A/C. We only have a handful of miserably hot days.

[Starr]

We live in an interesting old house but costs alot to heat. We keep it around 62 - 64. The house is zoned so some rooms can be kept lower. We use fans in the summer. It cools off most nights. Now the problem. We've always done that so what do we do this year?

[Melissa in FL]

We're in FL with two ac's. Kitchen/living area- Air is set at 81. Bedrooms- air is set at 78. Once "winter" hits, Kitchen side will be about 65, Bedrooms will be 65 during the day and 69 at night.

Melissa

[suzf242]

Hi Starr. I can totally relate to your situation. That's why we got the pellet stove... I think we'll get away with around $600 this year. Even when oil was cheap, we were paying 3x that amount!

 

Suzanne.

[Jenny in Florida]

During summer when my husband isn't home, 80.

 

As soon as he comes home and gets his fingers on the thermostat, 77.

 

Winter? Well, it's Florida, so winter's not a big issue. But on the days we need the heat, probably 68-ish. If we're still chilly, we put on socks and sweaters.

[Julpost]

We live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast...79 in summer...64 in winter.

 

We are looking forward to moving back to Alaska where we pretty much kept the heat at 64 in winter and off w/ no A/C in summer.

 

I grew up in Anchorage and am hoping to be able to move back someday. I remember the no-a/c summers!

[Liz Mc in SC]

79 -- for 3/4 of the year. During the winter 70 - 68 at night.

[love2read]

This was supposed to be a poll. :o I feel so dumb. What did people think when they saw a list of numbers :confused:

[Kris]

As warm as we can stand in the summer -- in the 80s -- and as cold as we can stand in the winter, majorly bundled up -- in the 50s.

 

When Sweetie is home, though, that all goes out the window, so to speak. He doesn't like it that hot or that cold, so he sets it to whatever he wants, and we get a break when he's here. :D

 

It can actually get a little chilly in here in the summer time because of this. He is in that air conditioned truck all summer, so he's used to it being pretty darned cold.

[AndyJoy]

Hubby and I are too cheap to mess with it too much! In the desert where we live now, we keep it around 80 in the summer (hard to keep up with 113 degree weather!) and don't heat in the winter. I've only spent one winter here, so I don't remember how cold it gets, but when we lived in Idaho it was sometimes as cold as 55 degrees in our bathroom in the morning! Once we have kids however, we'll keep the temperature more "normal" for them, since a baby can't sleep with an electric blanket or go take a cold shower to adjust!

[gandpsmommy]

72, year round. I wouldn't set the ac that low in the summer if it weren't dh's preference, but I would often like to set the heat higher in winter, so it all evens out :001_smile:. We actually prefer about 68 for sleeping, but we don't set the ac that low in the summer. My favorite time of year here in Ohio is the springtime when we can turn off the heat, but don't have to turn on the ac yet, and we can just leave the windows open and let the breeze blow through the house!

[Nestof3]

72 for air conditioner when it's humid or warmer than that outside

 

68 for heat (though I would love it colder -- everyone else complains about being too cold).

 

We live in a very humid region, so it makes it feel much warmer than it really is. I hate it.

[TraceyS/FL]

79-81 in the summer.... depends on the front moving thru.

 

Winter.... i hate to be cold and 75-ish would be my preference, but i'm shooting for 68 and bundling up. We shall see how i do.....

[Lolly]

Me, I would keep it 70 in the summer, 65 in the winter.

 

But, with fil in the house, he keeps it 75 summer and about 80 in the winter. He does not like to be cold. I wear shorts all winter now.

[Alice]

Summer: I let it get to 78-80 before turning on AC. I leave it off upstairs if we aren't up there until it's about 85.

 

Winter: Usually 70.

[tmkclscroggins]

During the summer we keep the air on 78 during the day and I turn the downstairs unit to 72 at night and upstairs to 74. We live in Texas so we have to have air during these hot days.

 

In the winter, the heat goes down to 60-62 at night and maybe 70 in the morning to heat up the house and then it goes back dwon to about 68 or so.

 

 

melissa