# What's your temperature comfort zone range? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 16, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750 "2018-08-16T20:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/21 "2018-08-17T13:13:22Z")
In the winter, I keep the house at 64. I can be comfortable up to about 80 degrees, depending on what I’m wearing and whether air is flowing. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/22 "2018-08-17T13:49:05Z")
Inside stays at 68-72 year round, but outside I prefer warm weather. For instance, I won’t play golf if the high temp for the day is not projected to be 50F or higher. OTOH, I will play when the temp exceeds 100F - though I may pack a towel soaked in ice water to help mitigate the heat. I hate being cold and do not like bundling up. Dripping sweat is much preferred to shivering. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/23 "2018-08-17T13:52:02Z")
I have no problem with it being cold. Any temperature above 20 degrees F is fine on the one end. On the other end, one of my sayings is “I see no reason for the temperature to get above 75 degrees.” I hate hot weather. ---
**Author:** ![Emergency911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@Emergency911](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emergency911)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/24 "2018-08-17T14:20:06Z")
72 and below inside the house in the summer. Winter time I usually drop it to 65. I’m good up to 80 outside as long as there is shade and a breeze. Take away either and I start getting cranky. As I remind my co-workers, I can only take off so many layers before I start offending someone. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/25 "2018-08-17T14:38:37Z")
60-85 F is about right for me. I’m driving my wife nuts right now because i get up in the morning and open all of the windows and doors since we’ve been running about 50-60 at night. On our hot days the house has gotten over 85 and that’s been tough and i just want to sit on the couch and eat icecream. When i was young and single I’d wait until my house dropped into the 40s before I’d turn the heat on in the winter but getting married ended that generally I’d prefer the inside of my house to be the same as outside and just live in a place that doesn’t suck. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/26 "2018-08-17T14:58:40Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > M > Regardless of where I happen to be in the house, and there are no hot or cold spots except for the downstairs walk-out basement which is always a few degrees colder than the upstairs living area, I like the temperature to be somewhere between 68 degrees on the low side and 72 degrees on the high side. If it’s below 68 degrees I need to wear some outer garment and if it’s over 72 degrees I’m warmer than I would like to be. 68-72 is the exact range I will go in my house before I consider changing the thermostat. Now, I can sit in a shaded, 80 degree weather with light humidity and not sit there thinking “boy, I’m uncomfortable”, but if I had a magic wand and could control the outdoors I’d probably tweak that too. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/27 "2018-08-17T15:00:16Z")
> [@pidgeon92](#): > > For me, humidity is important. If there is very little humidity, I need it to be over 80 degrees to be comfortable. If the humidity is high, anything over 68 is fine. > > So, in the winter, when the house has low humidity, I keep the thermostat at 73-74, and I wear at _least_ one pair of socks, often two. Shirts will all be long-sleeved, and I’ll probably be wearing a sweater as well. I’ll often put something on my neck, and if I’m really chilly, I’ll wear fingerless gloves inside the house. > > In the summer, I keep the A/C at 76-77, just to keep the house from getting overly humid. I do this more for my husband and pets than for me. > > It sucks being cold all the time. My feet and fingers turn white, sometimes even get a blue tint when I’m chilly. This started happening in my early 40s. I just turned 50. Have you been checked for Raynaud Syndrome? My wife suffers from it and she chills very quickly, especially her hands, and in general is cold unless it’s really warm outside or inside. The house is 72 degrees F right now and she is bundled up on the couch under a thick blanket. She would prefer I keep the house at 80+ degrees, but that’s not going to happen. It gets to -20 below where we live so she has a pair of very expensive, rechargeable heated gloves for winter. Best money I ever spent. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/28 "2018-08-17T19:51:30Z")
I’m right there with you, OP. I find 68-72 to be absolutely perfect and would be happy if it never fluctuated outside that range. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/29 "2018-08-19T14:01:40Z")
As long as it isn’t humid, anything under 90 is fine with me, down to about zero. After that, it’s getting cold. If it is humid, 80 and under. I’m good with cold, I just wear more layers. Very bad with humid heat. Stop thinking well, get enraged for no reason, can’t sleep or eat. ---
**Author:** ![pidgeon92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@pidgeon92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pidgeon92)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/30 "2018-08-20T03:50:40Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > Have you been checked for Raynaud Syndrome? My wife suffers from it and she chills very quickly, especially her hands, and in general is cold unless it’s really warm outside or inside. The house is 72 degrees F right now and she is bundled up on the couch under a thick blanket. She would prefer I keep the house at 80+ degrees, but that’s not going to happen. It gets to -20 below where we live so she has a pair of very expensive, rechargeable heated gloves for winter. Best money I ever spent. My doctor told me I had Raynaud a few years ago. He told me to wear loose layered clothing. People laugh at me a lot, but I do what I need to do to stay comfortable, like wearing a warm coat and a hat in 60 degree weather. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/31 "2018-08-20T12:12:32Z")
The role of humidity is vital. Yesterday I was mowing the lawn. 78F and humid as can be. It was brutal. I was taking rests, wearing a cooling towel and hydrating on ice water. Still … OTOH, I remember as a kid playing outside with the cousins at my grandparents. Someone called out that the radio reported is was 113F. It was a tad warm but no problem in the shade. May not be able to do that today but up to 100F would be no problem. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/32 "2018-08-20T15:24:05Z")
Inside temperature about 76 to 80. Outdoors about 60 to 90 is good depending on humidity. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/33 "2018-08-20T17:05:38Z")
Anything between 60 and 85[sup]o[/sup]F is fine with me. Not so for the Lovely and Talented Mrs. **Shodan** , who has approximately two fifteen minute periods per year wherein she is comfortable - one in May, one in September. From May to September she is too hot, from September to May she is too cold. Thank God for dual controls on electric blankets - otherwise I would wake up on winter mornings medium rare. And she still has cold feet. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/34 "2018-08-20T17:51:15Z")
Anything between 30 and 65 is ideal. 66 and over is too hot. 0-30 is a little chilly but tolerable. Between 0 and -10 is cold and -11 and below is too cold. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/35 "2018-08-20T18:08:05Z")
Inside I’m good from about 68-74 if I’m wearing normal clothes (short sleeve shirt, pants, shoes). It shifts up a degree or two if I’m wearing shorts. Outdoors… probably about 55-80 is comfortable provided I’m dressed appropriately. Much above 80, and it’s still kind of sweaty even in shorts. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/36 "2018-08-20T18:59:43Z")
I am perfectly comfortable anywhere from 45 to around 70 degrees. Anything over 70 is too hot for doing anything but sitting still. Anything below 45 requires a jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/37 "2018-08-20T19:45:00Z")
I like it to be 75F and up. No upper limit as far as I can tell. This means that I am very uncomfortable most of the time and that I wear more clothes than I would really like to be wearing. It is never hot enough for me. Earlier this year I showed up for a tennis match at 10:30 and after one set my opponent felt it was too hot to continue playing, even though other people on other courts were still hitting it hard. She suggested we reschedule the match for some time when it was cooler so she wouldn’t get heat prostration. I suggested that maybe she wanted to forfeit the match. I keep trying to figure out how to reach the people who, like me, want to keep playing even when it’s hot. Or especially when it’s hot, because the hotter it is the better I play. I should note that I’ve been this way since I was little, and it got me in trouble. My mother used to leave me in the car when she went into certain stores, and she’d leave the windows down. I’d roll them up and sit there in the hot car. Just grooving on it. Then when I heard her footsteps I would quickly roll the windows down. It baffled me how she always knew. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/38 "2018-08-20T19:52:25Z")
Forgot to mention this part was in a dry Intermountain area. > [@ftg](#): > > OTOH, I remember as a kid playing outside with the cousins at my grandparents. Someone called out that the radio reported is was 113F. It was a tad warm but no problem in the shade. May not be able to do that today but up to 100F would be no problem. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/39 "2018-08-20T23:00:12Z")
As long as I have my choice of clothing I’m fine from about 40 to 80. Inside the house I prefer it be 60 - 70 and if i have to go outside that range then make it on the cold side, please. You can only take off so much, but I have a ton of sweaters and really like wearing them. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750/40 "2018-08-21T00:08:06Z")
Inside or outside, I prefer 65 or colder. Any temperature over 70 is too hot. Winter, oddly, is my favorite season. I also prefer night to day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-temperature-comfort-zone-range/819750.md?page=3)