What Temp is your house at in the summer?

[AmbitiousSaver]

We have it set at 76 degrees. Try to open windows instead of using the A/C but the 100 degree heat makes that near unbearable.

[cooliemae]

My wife and I don't have central air, so the ambient temperature is our temperature. We do have a window unit for the bedroom, but we only use that on the really humid nights. Other than that our ceiling fan does wonders, except when our 85lb lab decides she needs to sleep with us. =)

[Lori63]

I hate using air conditioning, but it's been in the upper 90s for 6 days now so it is on. 78 degrees, and my kids complain, but I tell them it's either that or I turn it off. It is not cold but it is also not humid in here now. It's supposed to be in the 80s later this week so I'll turn it off and use ceiling fans and the attic fan at night.
The AC gives me a sinus headache-anyone else have that problem?

[SnoopyCool]

78 degrees here. It is currently in the 90's and the humidity is on the rise. Ahhhhhhhhhh, Florida.

[PrincessPerky]

usually 80, but not usually on this early, but this year being pregnant, I just couldn't take it, so I wussed out, Ihave no idea what it is set at, but I am hot...soon as the company leaves we will start weaning ourselves back to 80 for the year.

We use a fan in every room we are in. and when it really feels too hot, we walk outside, anything is better than that!

[tabbycat31]

never lived anywhere with central a/c. Lately during this horrible heat wave (makes me wonder how anyone could live in the south at these unbearable temps) I broke out the window unit.

I had the bedroom set at 71 at night, but that was only over hte last few days. If the weather cools down, I probably wont need the unit again.

[tripods68]

71-75 We like to be comfortable.

[ThriftoRama]

78. And it's awesome! for years we didn't run the A/C. Even though we lived in New Orleans and it was 100 plus and humid outside. It was just too expensive to run in our 135 year old house!

We didn't run it in our 1950s ranch the first two summers either, because we had an old AC. But now we have a high efficiency geothermal system that takes some of the guilt out of running the air. Gotta think about the polar bears, after all...

[pearlieq]

Well, I'll be the odd duck here and confess that we keep it at 73 during the day (I'm home all day) and 68 at night.

I'm just not comfortable at anything higher. I can't do it, especially at night when I'm trying to sleep. I'll push myself to deal with 73 during the day, but it's hotter than I'd like.

I guess everything evens up. We rarely turn our heat above 65 all winter, and that's only for company.

[Bookie]

I keep the house at 80 when I'm home.

Without AC the humidity is hard to handle.

[scfr]

80 during the day (if we are home) ... 85 at night (the bedroom stays a few degrees cooler and we have a ceiling fan right over the bed). If we are not home during the day, we just leave a window open and the fans running for the dog. We open a window in the AM and try to go as long as we can stand it before turning the AC on ... Usually sometime between noon and 2pm during the current heat wave here in TX.

When we lived in the Pacific Northwest we never had AC.

[JanH]

It is hot and humid here now. Our AC can't run well below around 77 or 78 at this time of year. Later on in the summer, I'll have to run it about 80 in the afternoon. At night, Hubby has begun to like it cooler so we run it about 73 or 74 at night. The unit can handle it at night much better. Later in the summer, we'll probably have to adjust that upwards a degree or two, also. We are going to have to replace this unit in the next couple of years.

[cjh78]

73 night, 75 day

[deadgoon]

I currently have mine turned off due to some recent mild weather, but I keep it set between 78 and 80 degrees. While its off I'm just using fans to circulate the air and have a nice breeze. At 80 degrees it doesn't run very much even on days in the 90s. I'll be interested to see this month's electric bill.

[glock35ipsc]

75 or 76 on the main floor. If we kept it any warmer, the upstairs would be miserable at night!

Same here. Plus, we keep the ceiling fans in the living room and our bedroom on.