Ideal Thermostat Settings for Every Season

Adjusting the thermostat in your home by just a few degrees can have a serious positive impact on your heating and cooling costs, not to mention you would be doing your part in helping to preserve the natural resources of the planet for future generations.

But what are the ideal thermostat settings for every season? This guide should help you to zero in on the sweet spot for keeping comfortable and saving money at the same time.

Perfect Temperature for Winter

With the cold winds blowing outside, lower your thermostat to 68 degrees during the day. At night when you are under the comforter and blankets, lower it a few more degrees until you awake that morning.

A programmable thermostat takes all the guess work and the hassle of having to manually change the setting several times a day. Take precautions to seal up any leaks around doors and windows, you will be fighting a losing battle to keep warm if the cool air of outside has easy entry to the home.

Perfect Temperature for Spring

In between winter and summer is the perfect time to open the windows and let in some fresh air. These months can be very tricky however, some especially cool while some very hot.

Keep the thermostat at 68 degrees if the outside temperature drops to freezing, and put it at 78 degrees in you experience one of those heat waves in April or May. These sudden changes do not last very long, so chances are you will only have the heating and cooling running a couple days tops.

Perfect Temperature for Summer

When summer arrives, the first thing you want to do is make sure the thermostat is set to cool, and that you program it to 78 degrees. If you close the blinds during the hottest time of the afternoon and put on some interior fans, you can cool the house further without having to run the cooling system all day long.

At night when the sun is gone, consider raising the thermostat a degree or two while you sleep.

The best way to take all the guess work out of figuring out when and how much the thermostat needs changing, ask your local HVAC technician to install a programmable thermostat in your home.

The technician can show you how to work the new unit and even help you program those temperatures so that you never need worry about them.

If you're ever experiencing trouble with your McAllen cooling system, call All Valley Plumbing at (956) 686-6656!