What do you keep your winter thermostat at?

[mysteryowl]

If you live in a cold climate that is.

Have you changed anything regarding climate change, in regards to your thermostat setting?

[blueinredohio]

1. 75, summer and winter.

[mysteryowl]

2. I am assuming you live in a warm climate?

[blueinredohio]

55. No, I live in Ohio.

In summer the air is on 75. In winter the heat is on 75.

[llmart]

62. Same here.

I grew up in NE Ohio right on Lake Erie. The house was old and had a coal furnace. We were poor and if the coal ran out and there was no money, we had to wait for the unemployment check to order more coal.

For that reason, I have always hated being cold. When I left home I vowed I would never be cold in winter again. I hate piling on clothes inside the house. My heat source is natural gas. I rarely use my air conditioning in summer.

[Raven]

3. 68 in NH

[tblue37]

4. 68 winter; 77 summer.

[FalloutShelter]

5. We live in Lower Hud NYS

Keep the stat at 55 and suit up. When it gets really cold outside we push it up to 60.
Friends think we’re nuts, but we’ve been doing this for many years.
We hate burning oil.

[mysteryowl]

8. Your heat is oil?

Do you smell burning oil in your house?

55 is extreme for sure.

[FalloutShelter]

27. Never have smelled burning oil.

Furnace is in the crawl space and the tank is above ground, around back.

[mysteryowl]

28. Wow, I am assuming the air outside smells of burning oil though.

Are you going to change it soon?

[FalloutShelter]

34. Looking at a Mitsubishi split unit.

Don’t know if we can afford it. No gas lines up here on the woods. Would LOVE to get off oil.

[Tomconroy]

46. Most houses in the northeast heat with oil. Never any smell inside or out.

I guess the burners are very efficient. Maybe you get a little smell near the furnace. It's hot water that is going to the radiators.

[hlthe2b]

17. That's about what I do in Colorado. I'm fine with it.

(though I'm natural gas heat)

[Murphyb849]

45. 58 here

[Apollo Zeus]

68. About 64 during the day and 58 at night

my dogs like it cold and I like that my nose is not dried out by the dry heat

[Laffy Kat]

6. Colorado: 72.....-ish. nt

[jimfields33]

7. 80 in winter. Nice and toasty.

[mysteryowl]

13. OMG!

Sounds hot as hell

[smirkymonkey]

47. Ugh! I would suffocate!

That's so hot!

[jimfields33]

54. Everybody tells me I'm crazy with that temp. Probably true. It feels good to me though.

[gopiscrap]

9. 48

[sinkingfeeling]

10. 71, day and night.

[hlthe2b]

11. 50-55 F. in CO: I wear layers--plenty of layers &use the occasional space heater (mainly bathroom)

--only when needed. While my home is reasonably well insulated, there are a few drafty areas, but I'm only really concerned about ensuring the pipes in the basement are kept free of any freezing risk.

Occasionally I use my gas fireplace when it drops down in the single digits.

I like cold weather and do a lot of outdoor sports in the winter. So, I'm happy to maintain cold tolerance this way.

[FalloutShelter]

35. Yep.

Pretty much how we play it.

[blm]

12. 62 and 64 at bath time.

I used to keep it at 60, but, I’m feeling the cold more lately.

[whathehell]

14. 71 to 72 in winter n/t

[Freddie]

23. Me too

I hate it when my hands and face are cold. Right now natural gas is still an affordable way to heat.

[whathehell]

58. Ab zo lute ly!

I gotta be comfortable.

[2naSalit]

38. Same here...

I used to keep it cooler but I have arthritis and I get chilled and then can never warm up the whole day. I can't handle felling like that, and I can't put on enough clothes to warm up. So I pay the price of upping the heat a little.

[whathehell]

57. I understand completely..

If I have to be old, I'm at least going to be comfortable.

[2naSalit]

59. That's how I see it.

Which brings to mind a song I heard yesterday about drinking too much. Lyrics in the chorus;

"Guess if I'm gonna die, might as well go out high..."

[whathehell]

60. Interesting thought..

[2naSalit]

61. Well, in my case...

I just want to be warm in cold weather.

[whathehell]

65. Lol..

Gotcha!

[KatK]

15. 59 in winter; 54 at night. 80-85 in summer; 75 at night

The less conditioned my air, the better my health and the lower my bills.

I wear Minus 33 wool long underwear in the winter. If I feel chilly, I drink a cup of hot tea or take a bath.

In the summer, fans make all the difference when it's warm.

[mysteryowl]

16. I remember the Carter years educated Americans on what to keep their thermostats at.

If I remember right, I think it was 68 in winter.

[rurallib]

18. Iowa - 64 day, 58 night

[doc03]

19. 70 all the time nt

[PJMcK]

20. In the Catskills on the Upper Delaware River

We have two seasons: Winter and the Fourth of July!

Seriously, 70 degrees when it’s cold. When it’s warm, we turn the furnace off; we don’t have AC.

ETA: We don’t need AC. It’s cool enough during Summer nights

[chillfactor]

21. 60 in winter

House cold but wear layers, use space heater, pile on a blanket. Used to keep temp 70-75 in winter but propane costs too high now.

Have water bed so warm at night.

[OAITW r.2.0]

22. 64F in Central Maine. Wood Burning my building heat

Log Home stays 68 comfortably.

[NQAS]

24. NH

Don’t use it. I just keep the wood stove going.

[Tetrachloride]

25. 50. It's been a while since i was able to do that.

i don’t recall the exact lowest thermostat setting .The pipes under the kitchen sink might freeze. 2 dogs helped. i think i tried 40 twice. Pipes froze a bit.

Japan was colder inside than Wisconsin. the laundry froze a couple of times inside in Japan.

[bamagal62]

29. 70, night and day, all seasons

[MissB]

43. Same

[msongs]

30. no thermostat, no heater, just a box fan nt

[mysteryowl]

31. You most likely live in Hawaii then.

[msongs]

32. yep just started wearing a t shirt inside at night this week lol nt

[rickford66]

33. No thermostat. Passive solar upstate NY

[Polly Hennessey]

36. 68 in winter; 78 in summer. Foothills in Northern California.

[crud]

66. 67 and 77 in Sacramento. Gas bills in the winter, electric bills in the summer

[FoxNewsSucks]

37. 69

75 in the summer

I adjust it when I have company, then put it back

[FSogol]

39. 70 in winter. My Dad kept my childhood home at 65 n/ t

[Groundhawg]

40. i heat with wood. a toasty 78 degrees.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

41. Santa Fe, NM here.

Recently I tend to keep it at 70, but jack it up to 75 when I'm taking my morning shower. I really want the bathroom to be warm.

When I go to bed, I have a heating pad because my feet get really cold, even though I have flannel sheets and two, yes two quilts both made by my wonderful sister.

I like the weight of the two quilts, and I don't really get the weighted blankets thing. Heck, just put another blanket or quilt on and save some money.

Can't remember what I keep it during the summer. I only recently got a/c, which is used perhaps six weeks at most. But I am glad that I finally got it.

[Ziggysmom]

42. 70 winter, 75 summer my room. Husband on oxygen for COPD keeps his room warmer. I like it

a little cooler when sleeping in winter and use a small fan in my room year round. We have natural gas for heat. Gets below zero here occasionally during the Wisconsin winters.

[mbusby]

44. 70 to 72....

Summer and Winter in Denver.

[smirkymonkey]

48. No thermostat here in my apartment in Boston.

The building turns on the heat and then I have a vent with a chain I can use to control how much I want to regulate the heat flow. I can keep it completely closed (which is what is is right now, and usually is almost every night unless it's freezing out) or open it a little or all the way. It's not ideal, but it's what I have. I have a tower ceramic space heater for my dressing room and bathroom that I use occasionally or to take the chill off.

Right now it's 41 degrees here in Boston and I have the heat blocked, my balcony door open and my fan on. I also have my new weighted blanket on my bed (which is where I am) over two fleece blankets, which I will probably pull back during the night. I like to sleep in a cold room.

[happybird]

49. Oil heat, thermostat stays at 60 in the winter

I bundle up and have 2 cats for extra heating.
If it’s a really nasty day, freezing rain, a chilled to the bone and can’t shake it kind of day, I’ll crank it up to 65-67 for a couple hours. I have a fireplace and plenty of firewood, but haven’t used it (this will be my second winter in this house). I’m used to woodstoves, the open fireplace makes me nervous.

The one thing I MUST have is AC in the summer. A window unit in the bedroom set on 68. I can’t be hot when sleeping and have to be covered by a blanket. The onset of hot flashes was a real joy this past summer. Ugh. The possibility of ten years of this crap is going to be a trial.

[Wolf Frankula]

50. 69

And leave it there.

Wolf

[Decoy of Fenris]

51. I used to keep mine around 60, back when I was up in NY. N/T

[LizBeth]

56. 67 first thing in morning, some at night, off when I go to bed.

[marie999]

63. Eastern NC HVAC, 68 in winter, 72 in summer.

[catbyte]

64. I keep my thermostat at 68, but I think it's warmer than that. The apartment I

live in is on the second floor and I know that heat rises. Also, my building heats the units for free so I really don't know what the furnace is like--it's behind a locked door in the basement. It's awesome not having a heating bill in the winter, but I get socked in the summer by the bill for the big wall unit air conditioner they've provided so it all evens out, I guess. The only time it's not great is if we have a cold snap before they turn on the furnace in the fall, but I just bundle up for a day or two.

[mnhtnbb]

67. 68 in winter here in North Carolina.

We are getting some overnight temps in the low 30's this week. Our daytime highs vary from high 50's to even 70 this week. My heat won't kick on much except at night until we hit our real winter temps of lows in the '20's or below at night and highs no more than upper '30's to 40ish.

I've kept my winter thermostat at 68 for years.