Brrr, Winter has come here in MI. At what temp. do you set your thermostat during the cold months?

[demmiblue]

Me: 65-68 degrees when I am at home.

(P.S. Susanna Hoffs is a goddess... I think she found Tina Turner's fountain of youth!)

[MikeydaDog]

1. 63 sleeping, 69 awake. Maybe push it up to 70/71 to get nip out, then reduce. Nt

[Siwsan]

2. 68 (or so) if I have company

Otherwise I keep it at between 63 and 65. I spend most of my 'down' time in the den, where there is a fireplace with an insert. Once that gets cranking, it actually heats the den into the 70's, and the rest of the living spaces to about 65, so my furnace doesn't even have to run.

I like to keep the bedroom cooler so I don't open the heating vents, unless it gets polar-cold.

I just had a new furnace installed (replacing one installed in 1986) and my heating costs have plummeted, so far.

[demmiblue]

5. I also spend most of my sedentary time in one or two rooms.

Thinking I would save money, I have tried to use a space heater in the past (while turning down the thermostat). I found that the cost increase in my DTE bill cancelled out the cost decrease in my Consumers Energy bill. Oy!

:crossingfingersfornopolarvortexthisyear: For the most part, I like Winter and enjoy the snow, but the frigid cold... nope!

[Siwsan]

6. I hate winter, with a true and deep passion

I've been dealing with a family emergency that will entail quite a bit of driving, this week, and yesterday was nightmarish. If I can get past Friday, things should settle down so I can go back to selective driving days.

Hopefully all of this sunshine will help melt the ice on the subdivision streets, and let it evaporate before it has time to re-freeze!

I've never heard of having two energy providers! We just have Consumer's, in the Flint area.

[demmiblue]

9. Driving after the first few major snowfalls can be harrowing...

it seems many (especially the large trucks/SUVs drivers) have a memory lapse as how to drive in Winter conditions!

The refreeze is the worst. I have noticed that the side streets where I am have had less and less attention over the years (some, basically, become skating rinks).

DTE is electric, Consumers Energy is gas here.

[JenniferJuniper]

3. No higher than 68 in the day, 62 at night.

[3catwoman3]

4. 59 at night, and...

65-68 during the day.

Years ago, my husband had a really cheap friend who planned to save money on his heating bill by keeping it at 55 all the time and wearing extra sweaters. My husband thought that sounded like a good idea. "Not if you want to live with me," I said.

[ailsagirl]

31. hee-hee

[zipplewrath]

7. Florida Winter

I have to chuckle at the Floridians down here that set there thermostats at 72 in the summer, and 78 in the "winter".

[Callmecrazy]

17. Mine stays at 77 year round...

Can't remember the last time the heat got turned on.

[flotsam]

30. I'm in NH

Current temp is 27 but it's only that warm because it's snowing. Two nights in the last week were single digits and there has been some snow in 5 of the last 8 days. I want to live with you!

[demosincebirth]

34. What's your monthly bill?

[Callmecrazy]

39. $125 in August. Last month was $91...

I'm leaving the doors and windows open if it isn't too humid.

[LeftInTX]

23. I'm in Texas and this what I do

I have the perpetual A/C one day, heat the next.

[Texasgal]

40. GAH! No kidding!

What weird and wonky weather we have!

[OregonBlue]

8. 65 at night and 69 during the day. When I feel chill I boost it up to 71 for a while and put on

a fleecy.

[demmiblue]

10. Not gonna lie...

I have one of those fleece throws with arm holes, a front pocket and a place to tuck my feet.

[OregonBlue]

22. LOL. I use a heating pad on the couch when I watch TV at night!!

[ailsagirl]

32. I cherish my hot water bottle

[OregonBlue]

38. I love it. I need one of those for my feet at night!!!

[femmocrat]

11. Same for day and night, 63 degrees.

Western PA. We have forced air heat and I hate that dry air blowing all the time. We do have a humidifier on the furnace, but the air still seems dry. I use a space heater if I'm in one of the chillier rooms. I just wear sweatpants, a tee shirt and a shirt-jac in the house... I don't bundle up or anything.

[Phentex]

12. 63 all the time...and we both complain...

I despise the heat being on. He is always cold. Before we turned the heat on this year, he said it was 57 in the house. Must have been why I wasn't hot at the time.

[safeinOhio]

13. Crank it up to 74 when I take a shower and

back down to 70 the rest of the time.

[freddyvh]

36. not me

i have a little space heater in the bathroom

and i was given a heated bathmat for the holidays.
haven't used it yet though

[hibbing]

14. 65 during day, 63 at bedtime

I layer up when I get home from work.


Peace

[virgogal]

15. 70 daytime.55 while sleeping.

[MrScorpio]

16. Same here

Be careful out there.

[irisblue]

18. 62 daytime, 60 @ night

::power surges still::

[rurallib]

19. 62 during the day, 57 to sleep

we have a 2 story and the heat rises. Plus we like to bury ourselves under the comforters at night.

[smirkymonkey]

20. I turn it completely off during the day and at night. I like to cuddle up under a lot of

blankets and open the window to let fresh, cold air in at night. In the morning when I get up I turn it up to about 72 while I am getting ready and then turn it off when I leave. I grew up in upstate NY and we didn't heat the second floor of the house so I grew up used to sleeping in a cold room w/ lots of blankets and down comforters. I liked all the weight on me and the cool air. I felt like I slept so much better.

My current apartment building is extremely warm for some reason so I rarely need to turn it on unless it goes below 35. The common spaces are like a sauna and I have to put a blanket under my door to keep the neighbors from complaining about the cold breeze from keeping the window open. There are a lot of elderly people in here who just crank the heat and I think they just heat up the entire building. Also, I don't have to pay for heat or air conditioning. They are included in the price of the apartment, so that's a bonus. I make up for my lack of using heat in the winter in the summer when I crank the AC. I just hate the heat, especially at night. I can't sleep in a stuffy room.

[kmla]

21. 68 when occupied.

64 when empty.

[mnhtnbb]

24. 68 daytime and 65 at night

[HeartachesNhangovers]

25. 64F in the bedroom at night. I would rather

turn off the heat and crack the windows during the day (it's not THAT cold in southern WA even in winter), but if my wife wants heat during the day, it's still 64F.

[trixie2]

26. Michigan here - 68 degrees for me

[fairfaxvadem]

27. Depends...

Northern Va. Typical winter days, have thermostat 70 in evenings, 65 daytime and bedtime, esp on workdays. Have a townhouse so tricky. Rear faces south so blinds open in winter, closed in summer. But when we get those arctic blasts and I want to watch the 65” in the basement at night, I crank up to 72. Basement is inground but when it’s in 20s/teens, gotta take the chill off. Heat is natural gas and winter bill rarely above $100/month Jan/Feb, our coldest months. But electric only $25 or so. Flips in Summer. I think a combined utility bill peak summer and peak winter of around $130 is a bargain. 7 months of the year is lower. I can afford the occasional bump on the thermostat, whether it’s 20 or 95. Very fortunate.

[gopiscrap]

28. 49

[OceanChick]

29. Denver:

Summer: AC on 68 always.
Winter: Windows open. No heater on ever.

Love cold. Hate heat.

[demosincebirth]

33. I turn it off at night

[MFM008]

35. I had to turn it on..

Washington is pretty temperate usually rain and 40s in winter but we're coming up on a week of teens and 20s at night and I don't want to wake up to a cat-cicle. I keep it on low all the time.

[freddyvh]

37. i work at home

so i don't change it day to night
haven't touched it since summer.

set on 67.

ice storm headed this way Thursday. Glad I have gas heat since my rural area often loses electricity in bad storms

[Laffy Kat]

41. Gosh, I'm in Colorado where it's not as cold and I keep mine at 71-72.

The thing is, it does get much cooler upstairs where I sleep and in the basement where the boys sleep when they are here. Guess I'm a wimp. I do get cold quite easily and my doggo only has a thin short-haired coat.