Those of you in cold regions: What temp do you keep you thermostat at?

[Sogo]

I know it depends on a lot of factors, but am looking for what people do in general....

[Tetrachloride]

1. i do things lower than most. Except today

[Ocelot II]

2. 65 -68, depending on how drafty the place feels.

Old house.

[Betty Boom]

22. 72

But it’s really cold out tonight so I did kick it up to 73

[cadoman]

60. ++

We go lower when we're working or sleeping. If we're inactive and wasting time, we go up to 68. Kinda sad.

[Meadowoak]

3. 72, year round.

[onecaliberal]

4. 80 in summer 75 winter.

[elleng]

5. 72

[Lunabell]

6. I live in Florida, but my 2 cents?

Heated seats in your car! If you have that option when you buy a car, do it!!

Oh, in winter we keep it at 68.

[mobeau69]

10. Heated steering wheels seem ridiculous but they are kind of nice.

[Lunabell]

12. Funny story about my heated seat.

I'm a senior, and this summer I got in my car and felt this warmth spread across my derriere. I thought, "OMG! I know I'm old but I am NOT incontinent!"

Then, I realized I accidentally hit the seat warmer button. 😅

[mobeau69]

16. LOL

[nmmi]

11. 68-70 (in winter) depending how I feel and how many layers I'm wearing. But right now it's more like 63 deg because

the f'ing heat regulation system has an issue, which it does sometimes when its especially cold outside like below say 20 deg F. My furnace has plenty of capacity, it just doesn't come on very often and the temp sinks and sinks. I've had this issue a couple of times before in the last several years and they replaced something on the furnace, I'll have to look it up. (The thermostat is fine).

When i have my tune-up in the spring, I'll do something about it (unless it gets worse in which case I'll do something pronto). But for now -- 2 layers of pants, and 3 on top: sweat shirt, sweater, jacket. Plus scarf, balaclava + knit stocking cap. It's working out OK.

I was sick for months last year and kept it at 72-73.

Note to myself: radio clock thermometer reads 65 but I think it reads 2 deg too high.

Edited to add The 68-70 range I try to achieve is in the winter. In the summer, the thermostat is set at at least 80 degrees, I forget. I haven't run the A/C at all in the last 2 years (S. Minnesota). When needed, I'm comfortable with a big box fan combined with a little personal fan.

[Lunabell]

13. Oh, layers!!

Sounds like a three dog night!
🐕 🐕 🐕

[OldBaldy1701E]

46. You are not like these Twin City dwellers then.

The moment that the temperature outside gets to 70F, their car windows go up and their house windows go down! I am from a warmer climate, so I find it all very funny. I am walking to the store in jeans while it is 78F outside, and they are wearing shorts and tank tops and driving their cars with the A/C cranked. The 'native' that owns the house starts constantly checking the thermostat the moment the days get towards 80F. (I didn't tell you to pick the house that has the master bedroom facing the afternoon sun.) In our house, the heat is on 70F and the AC is on 76F. Which means, the dude has an effective operating range of six degrees. Then, has the nerve to start talking to me about 'hearty midwesterners'. Very funny.

[nmmi]

48. Many times I step outside in the morning when its like 68F and hear air conditioners blasting away at both neighbors'

houses. That's 68F degrees outside. During spring-summer-fall. Meanwhile, if the day is expected to be hot, I will have my box fan blowing air in full blast for half an hour with windows open to pre-cool the house.

[OldBaldy1701E]

61. Exactly.

You bring in the cool morning air, and then shut her down once the temp starts to rise. We have had nothing but windows while it was 85F outside, yet it was 74F in the house.

It is a matter of planning.

[Easterncedar]

7. 55 in Maine

[JoseBalow]

42. 55 degrees?!? Boy, you must LOVE winter!

[Easterncedar]

43. I do love winter

I have to admit, though, rather embarrassed, that after a week of keeping the house really warm for the visiting relatives over the holiday I was finding that 55 felt cool, so I tipped it up to 60 for a while this morning. I need to readapt!

[imaginary girl]

54. Glad I'm not the only one!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

8. 72 in Winter, 76 in the summer.

Though it was not that hot and humid this past summer, save for a couple of days.

[spooky3]

26. Similar in NoVA. I program the thermostat to save energy at night and when I'm not in

the house. But I can’t stand temp extremes, even if they save $.

[2naSalit]

9. I keep it at +69F...

Anything less and my nose gets cold and then it's not warm enough.

[patphil]

14. We keep the main floor at 70 degrees, and the upstairs bedrooms at 69.

We're both 78 years old. A decade ago the whole house would have been set at 68, but we've had to bump it up a degree or two as we aged.
One thing I can say is that we have in-floor hot water heat, and a gas furnace. This combination makes for steady, even heat throughout the house. I fully recommend in-floor heat if you're building or renovating a house.

[Luciferous]

15. 68 in winter, 70 in summer

[dgauss]

17. Mid to upper sixties at night. Lower to mid seventies during the day.

I've found that I can tolerate a pretty wide range of temperatures either way during the day by dressing accordingly. It's different at night. Once the temperature goes much above 70 I don't sleep well no matter what I do. On the other hand, If the temperature at night goes low, even down into the fifties and as long as I have adequate blankets, I can sleep very soundly.

[SharonClark]

18. 64 in winter / 72 in summer

[The Wandering Harper]

19. I've been wondering about getting electric socks

and see how low I can get the thermostat

[taxi]

27. They may be better now than they once were.

Battery technology means lighter and longer lasting, and the temperature control is probably more reliable.
Early versions meant carrying heavy D cell batteries with short lifespans that were expensive to keep replacing. Also the temperature would get too high, not enough to burn you but enough to put moisture in your socks. With damp socks any drop in temperature is uncomfortably cold.
The lesson learned was that changing into a fresh pair of socks was the best way to warm up cold feet, the hell with electric socks. But that was then. Things are different now, aren't they?

ETA - maybe the batteries were smaller than D, I just remember they were awkward and heavy

[WilliamPlanke]

20. 66 day, 62 night

Day 66 with a fireplace assist
Night 62 with an electric blanket assist

[fargone]

21. ND winter, 69 day, 59 night

[KitFox]

23. Winter during the day

70 and 68 during sleep hours. Summer 80 unless it gets over 100 then 85. I have a heat pump.

[mwmisses4289]

24. Somewhere between 72-76

all year round.

[love_katz]

25. I set the thermostat at 68 during daytime, in winter.

I usually turn the furnace off at night, unless the outside temperature drops into the 20's or lower. If it gets that cold I set the furnace for 60 degrees.
I have more trouble in the summer. I have portable and window unit air conditioning, I don't have a whole house system, so on the hottest days I set the thermostats on the a/c units between 68 - 72. I block all my windows with those foil covered car shades and close all curtains and blinds. My house is over 100 years old. My folks put new insulation and siding and replaced the old single pane windows with insulated windows back in about 1996. But I think that the insulating material in the windows on the south side of the house has worn out and I don't have the money to replace them.

[yaesu]

28. Its 27f outside, 65 while sleeping, 68 while up and about. nt

[happybird]

29. 60-62

My bedroom is right above the furnace room so it stays extra warm– which I am not a fan of. I like a chilly bedroom and snuggling down under blankets when sleeping. Had I realized how warm it would stay it here, I would have picked the other bedroom. Plus, hot flashes are no joke. Ugh. I am too lazy to move everything to switch bedrooms, so I keep the AC unit in the window in case it gets too warm and have a heavy curtain that will drop down to cover it on those windy, below 20 degree nights. The new(ish) cats, Bee and Fifi, like it warm in the house so lately I’ve been sneaking the thermostat up to 65-67 for them and pushing the bedroom door almost closed so the AC or fan mode can run in the bedroom at night.


During the day, I wear sweats and fluffy socks and am very comfortable in the 60 degree house.

[sarge43]

30. 68 in winter, 61 summer n/t

[claudette]

31. Usually at

70 both winter and summer

[Dr. Shepper]

32. It is 9 degrees Fahrenheit currently

The thermostat is set to 65. The AC is set to 72 in summer when temps are typically 80-95.

ETA - I’m in North Dakota

[Mike 03]

33. Kind of embarrassed to say, after reading these temps.

I get cold at the drop of a hat and have a low tolerance. My therm is set at 75. I will kick it up a degree at times too.

I turn it down at night, but a huge priority on my To Do list is get an electric blanket.

[jimfields33]

36. Mines at 75 as well.

I feel chilled just reading this thread. lol.

[Niagara]

34. My internal thermostat seems to run higher compared to other peoples internal thermostat

In other words, I have a tendency to be what I call "a hot runner", a built-in overworking furnace.


The outside weather has been between 25 to 33 lately, so the ancient non-digital Honeywell has been sitting on 67 during the day and about 64 during the night.


Over the weekend I hear, "Niagara, the thermostat is set on 67 you can turn up the heat if your cold."

Me, "I'm fine. I can't turn up the heat at night anyways because I overheat which results with me having nightmares."

When the weather really drops into the singles or teen digits, I layer my clothing if I get cold during the day. I might turn up the thermostat slightly during the day as well but it gets turned back down at night.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

35. Michigan here

Summer- 70/day, 65/night
Spring/Fall- 65/day, 60/night
Winter- 68/day, 65/night
When we are away on vacation- 60/winter, 78/summer

Wife programmed the thermostat. Personally, I'd probably keep it 68-70 year round, but that's more out of laziness and not wanting to mess with the thermostat.

[DeepWinter]

37. North Dakota

65 in winter, 70 in summer

[nmmi]

38. A hot water bottle helps. I'm sitting at the computer with one between my feet

and I take one to bed. I'm the one that posted upthread
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=2103995
that it's about 63 degrees inside because the furnace has issues with heat regulation on very cold days (even though it has plenty of capacity), and I'm sitting here inside dressed like I normally would be outside on a winter day.

[3catwoman3]

39. 68-69 on winter days, and 60 at night.

My Siamese brother and sister kitties keep my feet and legs warm at night, and I often have a big, horse collar style heating pad around my neck, shoulders and down my back.

[justaprogressive]

40. I keep it at br.

not brr or brrr you understand...

[debm55]

41. 72 in SW PA

[highplainsdem]

44. About 75 year round. Enough south-facing glass that in the winter I sometime have to open windows

and a glass door to keep the temp below the 80s, and if I can't do that, I have to choose between running the AC when there might be snow on the ground, or closing blinds to slowly lower the temperature. My houseplants love the light, so I rarely close the blinds during the day, but if I open the place up in winter I have to be careful not to get a freezing draft on the plants nearest the outer wall.

Lost power here for 36 hours once after a snowstorm that brought down a lot of trees, but the skies cleared right after the storm, and with the sunshine the indoor temp never went below 60.

[bif]

45. After years of 68, we finally decided crank it to 70!

I just turned 70 and froze my ass off all winter. We layered our clothes which sort of did the trick. Finally gave up and decided to turn it up from now on. No more suffering!

[jmowreader]

47. 68 degrees

I only have heat, no AC, so I run my furnace at 68 and my ceiling fans in the summer.

[Eugene]

49. upper 50s low 60s

Boston. On some spring days, cut the heat and open the windows if the temp goes above 45.

[Kaleva]

50. Upper Michigan here. 70 year round

[ShepKat]

51. I have a woodstove

with an enclosed entryway on one side of the room, and an enclosed porch on the other. Opening the doors when it hits 80 or more is my control lol- don't like it getting below 70 We're offgrid with solar

[Diamond_Dog]

52. 67 winter/78 summer

NE Ohio

[SaveOurDemocracy]

53. 65 except my bedroom 63

I like sleeping in a cooler room.

We have propane heat and costs about $1,000 a tank. Therefore, have to keep the thermostat set low. May have to boost it up a bit as I see I’m less adaptable to the chill as I age (71)

[Hassler]

55. 66 during the day, 63 overnight.

[Harker]

56. 59 at night, 64 daytime. n/t

[irisblue]

57. 63 in winter.

[Beringia]

58. I have parakeets to keep warm, so 75

[dwayneb]

59. This year - it's 70.

Live in the Midwest and have a heat pump. Wife used to prefer it at 72-74 but this year she decided she liked it colder which is fine by me. Not sure I could deal with 55F like someone on here mentioned.

While we have a humidifier on the heat exchanger, it's not enough and we usually boil water in the kitchen when it gets below 30F. Otherwise our humidity will drop below 35%. We like to keep it near 50%.

[Elessar Zappa]

62. During winter, 68 during the day, 60 at night.

Summer we keep it at 68 at all times.