Have you cut on the heat yet?

[MixedBerryJam]

I did last night. It was supposed to (and did) go down to the 20's. I'm just north of Boston. This is about as early as I've ever done it. I try to wait until 11/1, but I'm too interested in my personal comfort these days.

[keweenawlove]

Ours has been on for about a week. Once the house gets below 60, we start to get too cold.

[yellowbrkrd]

We've had the heat on for a couple of weeks now.

We live in Michigan.

[HoneySpider]

Nope, we still have the AC on, highs are in the 90s. I HATE it! I love fall so I am really sad to live somewhere where it doesn't really exist.

[megalicious]

We've used ours off and on for probably almost a month.

[ssmjlm]

I broke down and did it yesterday morning. Thankfully it hasn't really kicked on except a bit this morning. DH was complaining that the towels weren't drying the cold air.

I'm in SE Virginia.

[Deleted]

We did a week ago. Our house was down to 64 and the cats were sleeping under the covers. I'm in KS.

[pitterwoo]

our heat is disconnected for renovations right now, but it's been cold at night so we've been using a space heater for a week now.

[Deleted]

We've had ours on for a few weeks now, since we've had nights in the 30's and 40's. We live in Indiana.

[Kore]

No. The high today is 88 :-(

I live in Louisiana.

[chessie]

30's this morning..wood stove is burning. in RI

[lys]

Yes, the heat has been on for a few weeks. We have had some snow twice already.
Northern Michigan

[Deleted]

Not yet, it's 65 in our house right now, and the heat doesn't make it much warmer (we're cheap). Soon, though.

We live in SE Michigan.

[Pilsy]

Ours came on for the first time this season a couple weeks ago. We're in MA.

[loveday]

It's been on since mid September. I hate, hate, hate being cold.

[melmel48]

Oct 13, 2012 9:41:46 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

I did last night. It was supposed to (and did) go down to the 20's. I'm just north of Boston. This is about as early as I've ever done it. I try to wait until 11/1, but I'm too interested in my personal comfort these days.

I am north of Boston too! Howdy!

I have not turned on my heat yet, but I live on the second and third floors. I don't usually put my heat on until November. My Dad asked my Mom if she wanted to turn it on and she said No. She's cheap!

[Deleted]

Nope. I'm in NJ and it was in the 30s last night. Our house hasn't dropped below 67 and we keep the heat set to 65. It's 69 in the house right now.

[rikki]

A few weeks ago. I'm always cold. Boston.

[kathybela]

I only have the heat on in my bathroom (baseboard electric heat). My condo is south-facing on the second floor and seems to stay around 70-75 degrees without any heat on all winter. I actually keep windows open most of the time or get too hot - but I'm special snowflake who is going through menopause and am hot ALL THE TIME (I even have a fan on my desk at work that runs most of the day summer & winter!!!)

I live in Ontario, Canada about 90 kilometers east of Toronto - right now it's about 50 degrees and I have my window open a bit

[Redpoppy]

Ours turned on by itself this morning. I guess I forgot to turn it off (it was set at 67 and never gets that cold with the windows a/c's in the summer). I turned it back off. We are a little south of Boston.

When we went to DS's soccer game this morning it was 40 and there was frost on the grass. Not too bad.

[Deleted]

SO and I keep going back and forth. I put the heat on 73 during the day, he puts the AC on 69. I think the apartment is regularly at 70F if we don't turn our heating/cooling system on at all.

[StJess80]

No, and we've had lows in the 20s. I live in NE.

ETA: the coldest it has gotten inside has been 68*, and that's even with the window cracked a tiny bit at night.

[zitiqueen]

Oct 13, 2012 10:11:05 GMT -5 lys said:

Yes, the heat has been on for a few weeks. We have had some snow twice already.
Northern Michigan

lys, have I already asked you where in Northern Michigan? PM me the answer if you want.

We're in the Lansing area and we've had it on a couple times, usually in the morning to cut the chill. We live in a drafty old farmhouse so we're used to bundling up.

[Deleted]

New York. It isn't on in our building yet, so we can't turn it on. We wouldn't anyway though.

[Pilsy]

By the way, this is the first time I've ever heard the phrase, "cut on the heat." I have been living beneath a rock! (Explains all the fashion problems, too.)

[dapotato]

no. socal. it has gotten down to the 50s at night. but it will be 80 something tomorrow during the day. so ready for fall already, damnit.

[kaylie]

Southeast PA - turned it on last week, but I keep it at 65 so it hasn't been running too often. Our house is generally on the cool side, so when it's 60 out it feels colder inside. I haven't tracked temps, but I think it's gotten into the 40s at night.

Our electric bill just came for the previous month where we didn't use AC or heat and it was only $90!!! It was ~$225 in the summer so it's tempting to keep the heat off longer if we can.

[dapotato]

i only live under a rock maybe half the time, and i have never heard of this phrase, either. i assumed it was a typo or a regional thing.

[Deleted]

We still haven't turned on the heat and we're in Ohio. I've used the space heater for working and turned the gas fireplace on one night for yoga but that's been it. The house is in the 60s.

[Pilsy]

Oct 13, 2012 11:34:58 GMT -5 dapotato said:

i only live under a rock maybe half the time, and i have never heard of this phrase, either. i assumed it was a typo or a regional thing.

This makes me feel better!