Upstate NY - 64°F in the winter, no A/C ( just a half-assed whole house fan).
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I knew upstate got cold but not that cold, damn
I acclimate to to the heat. I've lived in the South with no AC at all; 80F with humidity control is cushy by comparison.
Summer: open windows until heat and/or humidity causes concern for my electronics.
Winter Day: 68F Winter Night: 58F
During the cold season
20°C, 18°C at night and when away
During the warm season
23°C, 25°C when away
72/65 in the winter 78/70 in the summer. I know we should keep it cooler in the winter, but I just really hate being cold.
Are these cool/heat numbers?
Day/night
Here's January of this year. San Francisco, so pretty moderate weather
typically don't run heat during the day, and low 60s at night (if at all) during the winter. Large temperature gradient throughout house, typically.
South facing windows gives kitchen and living room a greenhouse effect, particularly in the winter, hence the large daily temperature swings:
By thermostat are we talking about heating? I'm cold-tolerant so I typically set mine to 15.5 C. If it gets any colder than that indoors it comes on
I keep it 68F(20c) downstairs, but the main house temp is regrettably 73F(22C) and I fight to keep it that low because the rest of the house is cold blooded.
23 all year round
I try to keep between 68 F and 72 F, but uh, the thermostat's method of measuring the actual temperature in the apartment is completely, laughably busted, so... hot days it goes on 62, cold days it goes on 84.
If I'm paying the bills the AC is set to 72 in the summer and the heat is set to 66 in the winter.
If I'm not paying the bills the AC is set to 66 when it's hot and the heat is set to 72 when it's cold.
71 in winter
70 in summer
When I visit the US I find that I usually set it in the mid to high 60s for optimal comfort.
It's always set at 19°C at night and 20°C for the day, all year long. But it's only heating, there is no AC.
17-20 C
67-68f in the winter, 74 in the summer + fans to supplement when it gets really hot/muggy.
Neither are my ideal temperature, but it lowers the bills and helps reduce the harm done in terms of energy consumption
63/77 all year.
in summer it's off and in winter 20,5-21℃ at daytime and 17℃ at night.
80f / 26.6c
Why would I care what temperature it is when I'm sleeping? I'm asleep.
That aside, 60 winter and 73 summer.
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70 in the winter. And, and we don’t have AC because most days are cool enough in the summer.
18 c - 23 c.
Year long lowest possible to keep whatever fluids are in the radiators flowing. Not off but not too on either. And then open windows to regulate temperature.
My building is hot OK...
I'm originally from Florida, so 78 is what I usually leave mine at during summer.
I live in California’s San Joaquin valley. It gets hot in the summer. PG&E bill is high as hell. Having your place cooler than 78F is a total luxury. In my place keeping it at 78F would mean a couple $600 bills. I have since gotten solar but I’ve heard PG&E increased their prices twice since then. And they want to increase it even more.
On the other hand some places like Sacramento used to have super cheap rates and people could crank their ACs on.
72°F in summer / 64°F in winter
Heat to 69 in the winter, cool to 74-76 in the summer.
Usually around 18-19, 15-16 overnight
80 in summer during the day, 75 at night, 78 day and night in winter. We do not have heat, and 78 is required for the air conditioning to run periodically in winter to dehumidify the house.
Florida keys
Mine is programmable. In winter it's set to 65F at night and 68F durring the day. When unoccupied it also goes to 65F. I'd love to be able to set it lower because I love the cold but my pet snake probably wouldn't appreciate it even with their hot rock and heat lamp. Durring the summer I have it set to 68F while sleeping 72F durring the day and 78F while unoccupied. I don't shut the AC off while unoccupied because in my area humidity is a much bigger issue in the summer than temperature and removing latent heat takes a long time if you let it build up all day. Currently working on refitting my system for better on demand latent heat removal.