# My heat is on... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328 "2014-04-30T01:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/1 "2014-04-30T01:31:07Z")
…on the second to the last day in April. So do we just not have seasons any more or what? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/2 "2014-04-30T01:41:12Z")
Our air conditioning is on today for the first time, in Sacramento. It’s 90 degrees. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/3 "2014-04-30T01:43:01Z")
April is the new March. So May will be the new April. At least we dont have tornadoes. Today. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/4 "2014-04-30T02:41:41Z")
You could have 100 degree heat, like we do in Texas. Like the lady said, at least there aren’t any tornadoes. Here. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/5 "2014-04-30T02:43:38Z")
still could snow into May over the northern 48 states. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/6 "2014-04-30T03:14:51Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > still could snow into May over the northern 48 states. But “May” is really only “April” , so make that: snow in “June” is still a threat. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/7 "2014-04-30T04:10:36Z")
My AC went on yesterday for the first time. Heat index topped 100. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/8 "2014-04-30T11:35:56Z")
Cold here yesterday and today. Where’s that-air Global Warming I keep hearin’ about from **FXMastermind**? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/9 "2014-04-30T11:44:45Z")
> [@](#): > > The heat is on, on the street > Inside your head, on every beat > And the beat’s so loud, deep inside > The pressure’s high, just to stay alive > 'Cause the heat is on … ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/10 "2014-04-30T13:10:00Z")
I usually have a rule about turning the furnace on before November 1 (made it last year) and having it on after April 1 - that was completely out the window this year. It has been so cold and damp, I have had to have it on just a little to keep the chill off. I may have a hard stop for May 1, because that is just ridiculous. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/11 "2014-04-30T16:57:41Z")
Gimme some of your cold! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/12 "2014-04-30T20:33:06Z")
I’m in the sweet spot right now, in Tucson. Highs in the mid 80s, lows around 60°. I haven’t run the heat for about a month, and haven’t felt the need to run the A/C, although I have a fan running in my bedroom. I’m comfortable and not using any extra energy for heating and cooling. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/13 "2014-04-30T21:42:52Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > …on the second to the last day in April. So do we just not have seasons any more or what? I hear ya! I posted a jubilant, triumphant comment in the Chicago forum a week or so ago about having the heat off, and the windows open. Today, this afternoon, I arrived home from work and turned it back on, again. (It’s been on periodically since that triumphant post, too.) ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/14 "2014-04-30T21:52:36Z")
I’m one of those turn-heat-on-November-1-turn-off-April-1 people, and that I did. Then it suddenly became cold and damp. I haven’t turned the heat back on. I have a fireplace, an electric blanket, and a couple of space heaters. I’m still wearing long underwear occasionally. But yeah, on April 30th? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328/15 "2014-04-30T21:59:15Z")
Here in Michigan we are definitely having seasons - this past winter was an absolute doozy and in my region we broke all kinds of records. We’re ranging from the low 40s to the high 60s right now so my heat’s off (I like it cool.) I turn my heat on in the mornings so I can take a shower and not shiver my ass off afterwards. But we will still have some below-freezing lows between now and the end of May; that’s a given.