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When do you switch from A/C?

JoyFilled Warrior — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:32:41 GMT

When do you switch from A/C, and to what setting?

I have an extraordinary, continually raining going on now, and humidity factor here too. Just wondering..

TIA

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

KKJ — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:40:54 GMT

Think it's hard to say as everyone has their own comfort level and depending where you live. I had my A/C turned clear off for awhile when there was a cool spell here but now the heatwave is back so it's running all the time again. Again it's individual as I don't like it really blasting and cold but certain members of my family do and keep their homes very cool.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

I am still oxox — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:42:12 GMT

Since we have window units it all depends on the weather. I have been sleeping with it due to allergies

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

abbeydabby — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:42:55 GMT

@JoyFilled Warrior wrote:
When do you switch from A/C, and to what setting?

I have an extraordinary, continually raining going on now, and humidity factor here too. Just wondering..

TIA

We got several weeks of fall here and I was able to turn the a/c off and open up the windows during the day. Our weather is back to hot again and the a/c is back on. I keep it at 77 though because I don't want to be cold in the house just comfortable.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

retiredatlast — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:54:09 GMT

I live in the So CA desert and I keep my AC on 78 during the day and 76 at night (I like it cooler when I sleep). My AC goes on around March or April and has been known to remain on almost until Thanksgiving, believe it or not. Crazy hot weather here with an extremely long summer and very short winter and a virtually non existent fall. My AC is still on.

I do use heat in the winter, keeping the thermostat at 70. But it doesn't go on often since the winters here are extremely mild.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

manny2 — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:10:18 GMT

I keep my ac on until November.

Both a/c and heat are set on 70

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

Sooner — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:05:30 GMT

We live in Oklahoma. We have central heat and air, and go from one to the other all year long basically. Our AC is on and ready to go all year, don't shut off heaters they are ready to go all time too.

We keep house at about 76-77 in the summer. Winter about 72 if I remember.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

Mz iMac — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:07:27 GMT

@retiredatlast wrote:
I live in the So CA desert and I keep my AC on 78 during the day and 76 at night (I like it cooler when I sleep). My AC goes on around March or April and has been known to remain on almost until Thanksgiving, believe it or not. Crazy hot weather here with an extremely long summer and very short winter and a virtually non existent fall. My AC is still on.

I do use heat in the winter, keeping the thermostat at 70. But it doesn't go on often since the winters here are extremely mild.

@retiredatlast One of my nephews lives in a So. California desert. I do not believe he has a heater. I've been there in December-January. Average temps between 75° - 80° . Living in the NE I was I think I was the only person at the airport arriving w/a downcoat.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

katie1859 — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:09:02 GMT

Ha Ha....when it gets cold outside lol and the Air Quality number drops like a rocket .

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

Zhills — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:17:55 GMT

Hopefully, before Christmas!

We actually dropped to 68 last night! First time this year

in Central Florida.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

Desertdi — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:25:47 GMT

I am one of those "always cold" persons.

I keep the a/c on 85° in the summer (May thru Oct). In the winter (yes, it gets down to the 20's here), I use a space heater where I'm sitting.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

SilleeMee — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:36:16 GMT

It's been almost a month since I last turned on my AC. We had monsoon humidity for a couple of weeks but it was fairly cool and no need for AC. The humidity was so bad that I don't think my AC could have kept up with it anyways. My hair was a flat mess...ugh.

It's getting cold at night here now so it won't be long for the furnace to come on soon.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

cotton4me — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:49:22 GMT

It must be very cold for me to switch to heat. I tend to run hot so when it gets cool, I wear extra layers that can be easily removed. The building where I live tends to be overly warm in winter, so I find myself using A/C during the winter months to counter it.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

Estellee — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:23:48 GMT

My AC runs all year with the exception of a few days here and there in January and February.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

We rescue cats — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:53:33 GMT

We don't have central air so we run Mitsubishi ductless A/C units. They keep us cool in summer and warm in winter, one of the best things we ever did! When it get too hot to keep us cool we turn the air conditioner on, when it gets to cold we cab use them to heat instead of running the central units.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

shoptilyadropagain — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:21:37 GMT

Depends on the weather. I normally turn my A/C on and off several times throughout the summer except for this summer, I think it was on continuously.

A little over two weeks ago, we had much much cooler weather and I turned off the air and opened windows. However, several days ago, it warmed back up so I had to shut the windows and turn the
A/C back on.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

catter70 — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:28:42 GMT

I'm in Pa. and the weather has been really nice lately, mid 70's to low 80's and no humidity, so I probably haven't had the air on in 3 or 4 weeks. I hope it stays like this for awhile so I need neither cooling or heat.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

debfau — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:31:05 GMT

I live in Northern VA, around here you can run your A/C until Oct or Nov but this year Aug was cooler than normal and Sept hasn't been bad even humidity wise.

Unfortunately my heat pump went out last year so A/C quit in Sept or Oct but heat ran until Feb or Mar; still need to get it replaced as the unit is 20 yrs old and quit because it ran out of freon which is the old kind you can't easily get anymore. Will probably replace heat pump in Nov so it will be available when time to turn on heat.

Luckily my parents live close, so I have been staying at their house for most of this year.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

kaydee50 — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:36:47 GMT

We live in a high rise condo where either the a/c is on or the heat, not both at the same time. A/C is usually switched to heat around October 1. It's been warm here--80s--so no hurry to turn on the heat.

A/C is at 74; heat will be on at 77, more or less.

Re: When do you switch from A/C?

Meowingkitty — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:17:29 GMT

I'm in Arizona. The a/c goes off usually around Halloween.