At what temperature do you set your thermostat at in the summer (South, rain)

[southernnaturelover]

Originally Posted by DKM

79 day, windows at night. During a heatwave, 76 at night.

You couldn’t get by with that here. It gets so muggy at night you’d be laying in the bed sweating. I don’t know how they survived 100 years ago.

[LMPA]

Central A/C here.. keep it pretty consistent at 75 day and night, although we bump to 74 if needed.

We run ceiling fans too, and keep our bedroom door open at night to keep it from getting stuffy.

This seems to be comfortable for all of us.

If we are away from the house on vacation we change to 80.

[jencam]

I find this odd. 108 yesterday! My a/c didn't seem to have trouble during the day with that, it was way after the sun went down that it seemed to stay on more. I guess humidity. It became like a sauna in the evening.

[Eman Resu VIII]

No need for Air Conditioning here - even a warmer than average July like this one is far too cool for that.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by jencam

I find this odd. 108 yesterday! My a/c didn't seem to have trouble during the day with that, it was way after the sun went down that it seemed to stay on more. I guess humidity. It became like a sauna in the evening.

Dew points and Humididty effect A/C the most. My A/C makes 15 gals of water a day during my summers in FL.

[saibot]

Originally Posted by LMPA

Central A/C here.. keep it pretty consistent at 75 day and night, although we bump to 74 if needed.

Okay, I have to ask... Do you and others who have posted with similar numbers, really, truly feel a big difference between 74F and 75F? I'm trying to wrap my head around that. Maybe it's a psychological effect? (Look, it's under 75!)

We don't use heat or a/c, just go with the flow (and use fans if necessary), so I'm already mind-boggled that so many people keep their houses at such precise temperatures. It's just so hard to believe that anyone could walk into a house and say, "Hmm, it's 75 in here--too hot. Let me set that down to 74. Ahh, that's perfect!"

(For Celsius folks, 74/75F is equivalent to 23.3/23.8C).

[bgrasser]

Summer, Central air / 77 cool setting.
Winter, Forced hot air / 68 heat setting.
Windows are always closed, too humid in my geography.

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by southernnaturelover

75 day/73 night

I have a ceiling fan over my bed and it stays on medium at night.

A ceiling fan? That would help a lot.

My thermostat is usually set at 77 degrees F.

I also have a round fan aimed toward me (but not directly at me unless it was a real hot day) which I set for about two hours on a timer.

[msgsing]

It usually doesn’t get cold or hot enough here to use aircon or heat so no thermostat settings. This is coastal zone. A few miles inland summer temps can go into the 90’s or higher. In the winter into the high 30’s.

[jencam]

Originally Posted by saibot

Okay, I have to ask... Do you and others who have posted with similar numbers, really, truly feel a big difference between 74F and 75F? I'm trying to wrap my head around that. Maybe it's a psychological effect? (Look, it's under 75!)

We don't use heat or a/c, just go with the flow (and use fans if necessary), so I'm already mind-boggled that so many people keep their houses at such precise temperatures. It's just so hard to believe that anyone could walk into a house and say, "Hmm, it's 75 in here--too hot. Let me set that down to 74. Ahh, that's perfect!"

(For Celsius folks, 74/75F is equivalent to 23.3/23.8C).

IDK about HUGE, but it's the difference between comfortable and a little uncomfortable.