Has anyone here who lives in the South turned their air conditioner on yet?

[RiffRandell]

I may today..although my husband says it's not time yet.

My house is really hot with the windows open, and I have a ton of yellow pollen everywhere.

We usually try to wait until May, but I can't handle it.

[onehandle]

1. We cut it on in the Philly 'burbs one day last week. It was in the 80's outside.

Lived in the South all my life until a year ago. We cut the AC on in April.

Gonna be a hot one.

[Phentex]

2. Are you joking? It's going to be 82 today...

I switched from heat to air weeks ago. We haven't needed it much but it has been running more the past few days.

The thermostat tells me when "it's time" lol.

[RiffRandell]

5. Talk to my husband.

My son has been complaining too; I'm like talk to your Dad.

When I'm sweating in my house at 9 am, it's time.

I'm going for it. Thanks!

[Phentex]

9. HA! This was practically a pre-nuptial agreement!

I am heat intolerant and have been all my life. It made for a difficult situation when I had roommates but I made it clear to my husband before we got married that this was part of the package. It's the only way I can live in Georgia with him. Come mid-August I will have fantasies of living on my own in Maine or one of the Dakotas.

[RiffRandell]

14. The kicker is we are both from New England.

The past few years he has become more cold intolerant. I hate the heat down here just as much as when we first moved here.

He's not cheap; he thinks it's not hot enough yet and that I jack it up too high. Tough shit, pal!

[Hoyt]

3. Humidity here means you run it in winter sometimes.

In fact, repair folks are outside working on mine right now.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

4. I live in south FL... my A/C runs all year

A/C also serves to dry out a house, depending on when you live, the humidity is taking a toll on your home.

When I lived up north, in NJ, my A/C went on the moment the house became uncomfortable due to either heat or humidity.

[kcass1954]

27. Hey, neighbor!

In south Florida also. I don't think we ever turned it off this year.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

28. Hi there!

I had it off for a few days when the temp was in the 40s and 50s....but just a very few days!

[RebelOne]

30. I grew up in South Florida.

I would go from my air-conditioned house, to my air-conditioned car and then to my air-conditioned office. When I was a kid down there, I did not know that there were any seasons other than year-round summer. I moved to Florida when I was 6 years old, and only vaguely remember the snow in Pennsylvania where I was born. Now I am in North Georgia and I have discovered there are actually 4 seasons, which I love.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

31. Yes, I miss the seasons....

We moved here when the children were very young....It was a great lifestyle for them. Bicycles, beaches, sports activities, etc. all year long. Having lived here most of their lives they do not want to hear that I would like to relocate to a more varied climate. I guess I am stuck with the heat and humidity of FL.

[Callmecrazy]

32. My A/C stayed on alllllll year...

And we do have seasons here SD... Wet season and dry season. I think wet season arrived in our area about two weeks ago.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

33. I think of them as wet season and Snowbird season,.......

or because I am in Palm Beach County "The Season" We've had some rain, but nothing major. Are you in south FL Cmc?

[OffWithTheirHeads]

6. Tucson here and yes. For about a month now.

[MrYikes]

7. We don't have a/c, by choice. nt

[The Flaming Red Head]

8. oh fuckin a

Hot humid and it's only
april.

[bamacrat]

10. Once in February when it got close to 80 for a day and officially last week.

It's been over 80 for the last week, other than when it has rained. The humidity of Alabama makes it way worse. I recently moved back to Bama from Dallas. 95 degrees and 100% humidity is way way worse than 115 degrees and dry.

[RiffRandell]

11. I turned it on 10 minutes ago and already feel relief. n/t

[Phentex]

13. ...

YAY!!!

[sadbear]

12. It's been on and off since March.

Mostly off, though, thank goodness, but those days probably ended this week. Sigh.

[NightWatcher]

15. I know several who turn on their AC based on a calender

We turn ours on based on the thermometer. I don't care the month, I turn it on when it gets warm. I still like opening the windows on nice days, but in Florida we've got to run it more than not.

[raccoon]

16. Not yet, but my place has been warm. I try to put it off as long as possible; it's a sort of game

with myself.

[Moondog]

17. I live in FL. My thermostat

has a setting for heat and a setting for AC. In "winter" it is not uncommon for both to get tripped and run during the same 24 hour period.

Humidity is an issue here too, and the AC system is also a giant dehumidifier.

So, my AC is never turned off.

[fleur-de-lisa]

18. Oh, hell yes . . . New Orleans

Yesterday the high was 81, with the humidity at 93%.

It's 75 right now and expected to hit 87 this afternoon, with humidity around 900%. Saunas are redundant in south Louisiana . . . just walk outside for your daily steam.

[Incitatus]

19. Florida here, yes nt

[Aristus]

20. When I lived in Houston, the A/C was on nearly year-round.

It did get cold in January, but only for a few weeks.

[texanwitch]

21. No, it isn't that humid yet.

I have a window fan going, a real window fan.

Works just fine, during the day it blows hot air out of the house.

At night the fan brings in cool night air.

That is what people used to use before ac.

The trouble is once you go under the ac all is lost.

I am fine with fans now.

I am holding off until late May maybe the first of June.

I don't like big light bills.

I think it is best to be a little able to handle a little heat.

[Populist_Prole]

22. Oh heck yes!

Even though we had a colder then normal winter, there were a few days here and there in the upper 60's and low 70's. I would turn it on just enough to break the stuffiness. My house is such that when the sun is out, it bakes the southern side of it and in hardly any time at all it can make it hot and stuffy inside. Even a day in the low 50's will have the house at room temperature owing to the sun heat soaking the house. Here in NC, the spring pollen can get so thick you can damn near cross country ski on it, an so even though the temperatures are nice and the air is crisp, you really don't want to open the windows long at all, and so I use the A/C even on a 68 degree day.

[RebelOne]

23. Yup, mine is on now.

I live in Georgia, just northwest of Atlanta and it is hitting the 80s. I hate weather in the 80s. I lived in South Florida most of my life before moving up here. I hated the heat in Florida and my A/C was on 24/7.

[hobbit709]

24. I got the window unit in my office running. It's 80+° and 75% humidity.

[OriginalGeek]

25. Yet?

lol, my AC is on all the time. There were a few days when the outside temp was just low enough to keep the unit from kicking on but other than that, yeah, my AC is always on.


the weird thing is my grandpa is 92 and, as old folk are wont to do, keeps his thermostat on about 81° and his house is about a 800 sq feet bigger than mine yet his electric bill is consistently 2~300 bucks higher than mine.


I think we need to get him an energy survey done. His is also about 25 years newer than mine...

[mnhtnbb]

26. Yes. We turned it on April 9th when it hit 85 here in Chapel Hill, NC

[RiffRandell]

29. Update: He called at lunch and is not happy.

Look, my man is a great guy...too good sometimes. He accused me of not being "green" and when he comes home he's going to walk into an icebox.

Then he chilled out after his rant (pun intended) but I'm right in this situation.

Why be miserable and sweaty when we have central air? Jeepers.

Thanks guys!

[alarimer]

34. I had it on one day last week.

When it was in the 80s but then the temperature dropped so I turned it off. But two weeks ago I was still running the heat.

[Xipe Totec]

35. Ha Ha Ha. I'm in South, South Texas. A/C goes on in March

We're two hours away from the tropic of Cancer line.

[susanr516]

40. I am also in S Texas

AC usually runs from March thru November. We use it mostly to get rid of the humidity. I usually set it at 80 and use ceiling fans. I even have a ceiling fan in the kitchen.

[ceile]

36. been off and on for a few weeks now. will probably need the heat tomorrow.

supposed to get a another cold front- 40s at night for a few days. typical TX weather.

[Rowdyboy]

37. Central Mississippi here. Turned the central unit on yesterday when temp hit 87 upstairs...

I'd rather pay than bake.

[In_The_Wind]

38. We will be uncovering our AC. The weather is going from Winter to Summer.

[telclaven]

39. A/C? I'll be glad when the heater is off

Office building has no opening windows and the heat is still on. Email says they'll kick on the A/C sometime on the last week of the month. Desk fan is all that keeps me going right now.

[AnneD]

41. In Houston Texas.....

Yes, we have had some days already.

[840high]

42. I have a tower fan

downstairs and in my bedroom. Will try to wait till May for a/c.