# Why did 22° in winter feel colder than 20° now?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-22-in-winter-feel-colder-than-20-now/492524
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 9, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-22-in-winter-feel-colder-than-20-now/492524 "2009-04-09T16:22:23Z")
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### Author:  [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-22-in-winter-feel-colder-than-20-now/492524/1 "2009-04-09T16:22:23Z")
I have a programmable thermostat (great things!) that for the last 6 months has been set to warm the place up to 21.5° just before I have to get up. In winter when it’s -20, -30 outside, it still seemed quite chilly in the morning, and I would often bump it up a bit more 'round about when I took a shower.
The last few days though, I’ve actually gotten (briefly) out of bed to turn the thermostat _down_ 'cause I felt so warm.
My house is fairly old, and as such isn’t super-well insulated… could radiant heat from the walls be making such a big difference? And if so, why do all my thermometers still agree that the house is cooler now, when it feels so much warmer? 😕
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-22-in-winter-feel-colder-than-20-now/492524/2 "2009-04-09T18:48:45Z")
Radiant heat, or cool, from windows etc. is undoubtedly the reason.