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True, was 30 degrees this a.m., but will climb up to mid-40s by mid week, and since we are desert like and sunny, you never know. Things can change day to day here as well, as we are up on a plateau.
Just be sure to close the blinds in the afternoon Our house is 65 and we are resisting turning on the heat with 70's forecasted late week. And you never know since it's not local but weather underground is only calling for high 70's in the afternoons and lows around 40 for Amarillo later on this week.
Our AC is on at times every month in the year. We may turn it off a few days between Dec and Jan, if we're lucky but there times it is on a least a few days every month. I have to get the humidity out of the house.
Our AC is on at times every month in the year. We may turn it off a few days between Dec and Jan, if we're lucky but there times it is on a least a few days every month. I have to get the humidity out of the house.
Yes, I do understand about the humidity. Sometimes we will have a day or 2 like that in Dallas when it really isn't cold enough for the a/c but you need to run it just to do something about the humidity...and Houston is a little more humid than Dallas. So I can well imagine that you would be running that a/c some.
I guess I push the envelope a bit...I'm in a northern suburb of DFW and I haven't had the air on in a while..it was in the low to mid 80s a few times last week but the house stays about 10 degrees cooler with a good breeze. Lately it's been very pleasant so nothing needed night or day. We've also had nighttime lows in the 30s already due to less concrete/heat island effect out here but I still haven't had the heat on except for a space heater or an electric blanket. Even in mid winter, I can't handle a warm house so I keep the heat at 65 most of the time..sometimes lower at night..I'd rather have sweat pants and a sweatshirt on than the dry heat from the furnace.
I guess I push the envelope a bit...I'm in a northern suburb of DFW and I haven't had the air on in a while..it was in the low to mid 80s a few times last week but the house stays about 10 degrees cooler with a good breeze. Lately it's been very pleasant so nothing needed night or day. We've also had nighttime lows in the 30s already due to less concrete/heat island effect out here but I still haven't had the heat on except for a space heater or an electric blanket. Even in mid winter, I can't handle a warm house so I keep the heat at 65 most of the time..sometimes lower at night..I'd rather have sweat pants and a sweatshirt on than the dry heat from the furnace.
Well, I'm kinda of a temperature wimp! I like it just perfect at all times! I don't believe in unnecessary suffering! I will say that I do enjoy the feeling of a slightly cool house sometimes in the fall and winter, but 65 would be a little low for me.
I heat my house with gas logs from the living room, the way my house is buit I can do this pretty well. I set the temp to 68 and the logs come on when necessary. Our bedrooms are quite a bit cooler than the living room, but we like it that way. My kitchen and dining room stay toasty from the oven and my office has a space heater, gas, which I turn on to get the chill out of the room, but when it gets colder, will keep it on most of the day.
Our a/c comes on early in the year and as others have said, according to how the day time temps get, I could turn it on at least once in each month of the year. It would be pushing it in February, but some years are warmer than others and I hvae done so.
I have severe allergies, so I do not keep my windows open, too much I am allergic to!
Angel, are you allergic in other areas of the country, too? Funny thing is that I have no allergies, but we went on vacation one time and it was awful. I'm still not sure what type of plant or shrubbery bothered me, but as soon as we got back home, I was fine again.
Well, I'm kinda of a temperature wimp! I like it just perfect at all times!I don't believe in unnecessary suffering! I will say that I do enjoy the feeling of a slightly cool house sometimes in the fall and winter, but 65 would be a little low for me.
Funny!
I can be uncomfortably cool at 79 F on some of my bad times of day or moods in summer and just uncomfortably cool at 29 F or 39 F on my good days in winter... Lately I've been working outdoors and don't mind too much our weather lately; which is mid 30's to low 40's and overcast.
I can't be a temperature wimp without severe consequences, but if I had to pick a temp range of "perfect weather" it'd be 75-85 F if I didn't want to sweat, and 72-95 F if I just want to relax and was less picky.
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Our house is 65 and we are resisting turning on the heat with 70's forecasted late week. And you never know since it's not local but weather underground is only calling for high 70's in the afternoons and lows around 40 for Amarillo later on this week.
I like it just perfect at all times!
I don't believe in unnecessary suffering! I will say that I do enjoy the feeling of a slightly cool house sometimes in the fall and winter, but 65 would be a little low for me.
