Question

Where does everyone keep there thermostat at? It’s so chilly here in CA. I have a small 2 bedroom 2 bath. What temp keeps the house warm and pocket book happy?  

Answer 1

I just moved to San Diego from Missouri recently and boy have I learned a lot. Like y’all’s utilities costing triple between 4-9 pm. Apparently no one insulates s*** out here. My dad has an HVAC biz so I’m no dummy with heat and air. My heat would turn off for TEN minutes before kicking back on. That’s how quickly that heat was escaping. My solution: heated blanket and heated kennel pad. I don’t use my heater period. I legit can not afford it.  

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However, my thermostat is set to 60. It kicked on this morning and I was annoyed. Honestly would rather turn it off totally. I mean surely pipes don’t freeze here but I have pretty bad luck so might as well be safe.  

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@paronymouskah Crawford I have the exact same problem in Virginia. I’m desperately trying to move somewhere more insulated. (I rent)

Answer 2

In California, currently have our heater set at 70 degrees.  

Answer 3

65° during the winter 85° during summer as long as it’s better inside than out side I’m good also I like keeping my bills lo

Answer 4

Sacramento - and two story townhome we have it set to 68. Before in our small apartment we kept it on 70.  our kids sweat easily.  

Answer 5

San Diego, we don’t have it on often, and have skipped this week so far despite it being low 30s this morning

Answer 6

South Georgia here ‍♀️ During the “winter” i set our heater on 69. I say winter, because at night we’ll use the heat, then I’ll have to turn on the air in the morning  But during the warmer months the air stays on 74 during the day & 72 at night!  

Answer 7

Cali here and we have solar and with our kids I keep it at 73-74 when we aren’t here I turn it down to 69-70

Answer 8

Sacramento has been freezing  I’m trying to keep it at 65. When I had it on 67 last month my bill was too much. Kids and I are wearing layers and socks lol

Answer 9

Ours is pretty consistently on 68-69 year round. We crank the AC if we expect a house full of guests, and we’ll kick the heat up a bit if it’s super cold, but 68-69 keeps us pretty comfortable

Answer 10

SoCal here, 63 in the night, we all have flannel blankets and goose down comforters, nice and cozy!  

Answer 11

Right now ours is on 65 because it’s 70 degrees outside lol but if it gets to freezing we cut it on 68. In the summer it stays in 72. We are in Alabama.  

Answer 12

72F in winter 78F in summer Live in Phx AZ

Answer 13

GA here. We do 68.  

Answer 14

66 to 68 in winter, 76 to 78 in summer. in KS our wind gets the temp below 0 alot, so we have a small space heater on back porch to keep pipes from freezing in the laundry room

Answer 15

In CA. 64 when we are home. Off at night and when we are gone. Bundle up if you are cold is my moto!  

Answer 16

I live in CA too and I keep it on 72 in winter.  

Answer 17

I live in LA I don’t have central heat so no thermostat reading here. But I hate being cold so I use plug in heaters and just try and bear it as much as possible but if I can’t . I just use the heat . It does increase my electrical bill but I don’t care . within reason lol

Answer 18

How cold is it in Cali now? I'm in Ohio, 18° and thermostat set at 69 all winter.  

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@loos4062 this week it’s been high of ~61. Low of ~40. It’s suppose to rain this weekend and only a high of 55. This is so cal.  

Answer 19

66 also in CA

Answer 20

I live in phx AZ in a 2bedroom 2 bath apt Winter i try to keep it off. Put a hoodie on and get an extra blanket summer my ac is 76

Answer 21

72 also in CA.  

Answer 22

In Colorado 66-68 in the winter, 74-78 in the summer.  

Answer 23

71 here in SD

Answer 24

Northern California. 70 during the day. We homeschool so we're home all the time. 72 at night.  

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@fitch8465 Pipkin  72 at night? Wow, I live in a tiny home in Northern CA and I keep mine 63 at night and mine kicks one when's it's in the 30s at night. During the day 68.  

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@fitch8465 I'm always cold like death.  

Answer 25

We are in WA and I usually have a fire going but if it dies at night, I turn the thermostat to 60 and it will kick on if it gets too cold. But I usually just make everyone bundle up and use lots of blankets. It’s too expensive to run it ‍♀️

Answer 26

When I lived in San Jose Cali, the thermostat was set to the far left(60ish)during the year, when it dropped below that temp it would kick on. If we were still cold, we had to pile on the blankets and put on pants and long sleeves.  

Answer 27

Modesto, Ca and I don’t leave normally use the heater, we have a fireplace stand that heats 1000sq ft and a dyson heater in the bedroom. I hate heating rooms we don’t use.  

Answer 28

Sanger, Ca (by Sequoia National Park) 68°.  

Answer 29

*Joking* you poor Cali folks. I’m in Wyoming our high over the last 3 days has been 17 and we got 15 in of snow within 24 hr. Our house has been set at 75 and we are all still wearing socks and long sleeved shirts. Thank god tomorrows high is supposed to be 22 lol

Answer 30

Grass Valley CA 70' if we are home. 62' when we leave the house or after 10 pm.  

Answer 31

Define chilly?  It’s 10 right now outside and we go under 0. I keep my temp at 71 at night, the kids refuse to stay under their blankets and it gets really cold.  

Answer 32

So cal here I turn my heater on maybe 2xs during the winter. In the summer I have it set to 75 sometimes lower.  

Answer 33

65 when we're home and 60 at night.  

Answer 34

I live in Phoenix, 2bd 2ba upstairs apartment and we keep it at 77 in the summer and just off in the winter. Even with that our summer bill is about 200 a month or more. I'm so ready to buy a home and install solar!  

Answer 35

Well it was -3 here in Denver when I got up to take kids to school. I keep ours at 68.  

Answer 36

I’m in Florida . I just turned on my AC to 67 .  

Answer 37

23C  Lol. We like it warm.  

Answer 38

I'm in so cal. I know the rest of the country wouldn't consider this that cold but for us. 50 degrees is FREEZING. Lmao! I set mine to 65 at night. Don't have it on during the day. And I only have to use it maybe 2 months out of the year (if that).  

Answer 39

61 at night because I like sleeping cold! 63 or so during the day if not home and then 67 when home. For reference it was 25 degrees here today. We love in a 2 bed 2 bath villa.  

Answer 40

I’m in so cal, we are keeping heater at 70 this winter. It normally doesn’t come on during the day. However, it did come on once or twice Tuesday and Wednesday.  

Answer 41

I don't know about everyone else, but we keep our thermostat on the wall. We keep it set at 72 in summer and 68 in winter.  

Answer 42

We keep ours at 64. Our bedrooms are on the 2nd floor and it gets hot if it’s set warmer. We use the fireplace in winter a lot too

Answer 43

69 all winter long. I’m always cold lol

Answer 44

During the day like 68 and at night about 64