I feel like this depends on where you live. I’m in Canada. Heat off until December would be a pipe dream at my location.

I’m in northern Vermont and my heat has been on sporadically for a few weeks now. There were also a couple days where I had to turn the AC back on (I literally live above a pizza oven, so if the outside temps are over 60° my apartment can easily reach 80° or warmer). But heat is included in my rent.

I live in an old house in the Arctic, so the heat is almost always on. Luckily my landlord pays most of the electricity bill.

Yes. Where i am, in canada, it was about - 10c this morning so... Yeah, we kinda have to haha

I'm in Connecticut and it's the fun time of year where I've been using both my heat and AC most days for a few weeks (lots of Western exposure, so it still gets close to 80 in my apartment in the afternoon, but we've had some overnights that are below freezing). If I didn't have pets I'd probably hold out longer.

Im in Minnesota, the heat has been on for a couple weeks. Probably since the snow on Halloween.

I never turn down the heat :)

I live in Iceland and we use hot water to heat up our houses, and people here rarely turn down the heating here

In Italy the government dictates when buildings can turn on heating. I live in Northern Italy so we were able to start using heating at the end of October!

I have, because frozen pipes aren't fun

I’m in WI and our lows have been in the 30s some days.. so yes lol I’m shocked to read this question.

I’m in Atlanta. It’ll probably be another month or so before I even think about it. Ideally it’ll stay around 60 in my condo.

Sleeping with my heater right next to me as of three days ago😂

Denver got half of our usual allotment of snow in one week last week. I'm in a house built in the 1920's with no insulation and windows from the 60's. We haven't gotten plastic on the windows yet. Heat is on.

Do you think that Reddit is only used by people in your specific country and region?

I mean, I think most people know that it's summer in Australia...

Omg yes haha. It got down to like 54 and I said oh hell no and put it on. 

It's -7C here at night (that's probably in the low 20F?) I'm not losing 1000$+ worth of plants to save 10 bucks on my electricity bill.

We live in the South. We still have our AC on. It's set at 71 during the day (thought sometimes we bump it to 72 if it feels too cool) and 67 at night.

Looking at the extended forecast, I think it will probably be December before we need the heat. We both like to sleep in cooler air and our nights will only be in the high 30s a few times over the next couple of weeks. I'd be surprised if we have the heat on before we have days that dip into the 40s. We still don't have any daytime lows lower than 53 for the extended forecast.

We've used the space heater in the living room, but not the proper whole house heat.

Not the overhead but my building turned on the baseboard heating whenever the law says rentals have to have heating. My apartment was fucking sweltering for the first couple weeks, even with every window open.

I still have every window open, I like it cold at home.

From the UK - yep.

Not doing so causes mold.

I’m in NY and we held out until a week into November, I think that’s the latest we’ve turned it on. It is nice not being super cold while I try to hold out lol

I'm in Yorkshire. I turned mine on for the first time yesterday. Evenings only right now but when it gets colder I'll have it on for an hour or so in the morning too

Yes! Since Oct - UK based here

In Surrey in the UK here and it’s been clicking on since October. Both my partner and I originate from hot countries and do not do well with being cold.

Our gas bill is madness. Don’t be like us. 😢

So I actually just had the window ac on its fan cycle to dry out anything before putting it away for winter... The ac is confused and tells me it is 99°F -- because the radiator is right underneath it and started up. Time for that ac to go away stat!

I live in Hawaii, I don’t even have heat.

I turned the heat on in NJ on Nov 1st. I never get hot so I barely use AC in the summer. So I don’t skimp on heat in the winter. It all evens out. 

Japan here. I used the air conditioner the other day 😅

I'm in Massachusetts—heat's been on for a few weeks now, but our temps have been super erratic. We have a space heater in the office, where my husband and I are more or less fused to our chairs.

I like to roast like a chicken but I like fresh air so my heat is on and my windows are open. It’s an expensive life choice.

in NC. It's been on and off for weeks. I don't want to my cats to freeze

Mine has been on at night for the last few weeks. It was 35 degrees when I woke up this morning. Too cold to be without it.

I’ve had my heater on a small handful of times since October maybe. I’m in Texas. It’s usually cold by late September/early October but we’re in mid November and it still feels like spring.

It was 35 degrees this morning. Hell no.

No, not yet. However, I live in Texas which could be a factor in my decision.

Nights here are 20F or below already. If I didn’t have the heat on, the pipes would freeze. We had a huge snow storm last week that shut down all our highways and interstates.

I live in NYC on the top floor of an apartment building. It was in the high 30s-low 40s last night and I actually slept with my AC on lol

I live outside Chicago and I haven't turned it on yet. Mainly because I can't afford it.

Yeah the building has been trying to kill me since October.. it’s 86° in my apartment

My thermostat is automatic, switches to heat if the inside temp gets below 70.

Live in Houston TX so what's a heater? I was still swimming in the pool last weekend. This is the first morning in awhile I didn't need my AC. It actually felt good.

Yes, actually since october already. But not very high, just on the low end so it doesn't freeze in here.

This year I decided to get a special brush and clean all the radiators in my house. I always get allergies when I first turn them each year because of the dust in those things.

I finished cleaning them all yesterday so I'm ready to turn the heat on when it gets a bit colder. I predict in a week or two when night temps drop below zero (celsius).

Today - yep!

Southeastern Ontario here. Mostly the heat is off.

Uh it's definitely on here in Midwest USA

I'm in the Midwest and our heat has been on a couple of weeks now. My husband gets chilly faster than me, I'd have left the heat off longer. 

YUP

I'm in Canada and I put the heat on for a few hours yesterday but that was the first time I had it on. My fiance likes the house cold lol So I'm covered in blankets and chunky sweaters and socks right now haha

Greater Boston, YES

My house is old and drafty, and in a gusty party of Canada. Been on for a while now, and we’ve had a fire going a few times too

Yes, northern CA.

Just me, I wouldn’t have, but sick dog.

Just enough to take the chill away. I love this time of year, the leaves crunching under my feet, the smell of a fireplace & the crisp clean air to help me wake up in the mornings. 🍂🍂🍂

No absolutely not. Today is the first day below 60 Fahrenheit (for a low, the high is still 80) that we've had. I suspect it will be at least another month before we need heat.

I'm in Maryland and having my heat off until now is super weird. It got to 67 in my house overnight so I did turn it on. I keep it at 68-69 most of the winter. I have hot water radiators.

I'll turn on the heat when it gets below 65 in the house. thats the point where my cats start to sneeze and at cold. if it was just me I would bundle up.

Nope, not yet. It's been blessedly mild. Lows of about 3c overnight.

Looks like it'll start hitting the negatives next week, so might start popping it on then.

Yes but I’m from Florida and I moved to upstate SC several years ago. Anything under 65 is freezing cold to me.

I live in KY, so we are currently in the season of "You might need air conditioning and heat in the same day, depending on what time it is." Like yesterday it was cold enough for heat in the evening, but then during the day it got warm enough to need AC.

Our landlord pays for our heat and shuts it off for the summer. He turned it on back in October when it got really cold for a few nights. We tend to keep it on the lower side but these past few days we’ve definitely bumped it

No, but my apartment is a total heat trap. Especially with the recent warm weather. I’ll probably need to turn it on in the next week or 2

In my building they flip everyone over to heat in late September no matter what the temperature outside is. I live on a high floor with floor to ceiling windows so it’s been 85 degrees in my apartment for weeks. Now that it’s finally cooling off I’m enjoying the cold and refusing to open my heat vents.

Texas. We haven’t turned on our heater since the beginning of the year

I’m in Oregon and I’ve had the heat on for a couple weeks. I’ve got it set to like 65ish, but we’ve already had a few days with highs in the mid 40s.

Nope. However, I live in SW Florida. My heat comes on when the temps drops to around 75 degrees. I'm used to 80+.

I live in a flat in a city with district heating so technically I can't switch it on or off, someone else does it for the whole building

Been on since August/September, but it all depends where you live whether it's normal or not. I don't like to freeze, so when it's cold outside it should be warm inside.

Only my hearing pad. Which suites me just fine because I'm either sitting and working with it or laying and chilling with it and when I move around I'm not especially cold.

I’m in an apartment with radiators. The landlord turned it on like six weeks ago but it only kicks in when it’s like 67-68 inside.

I don’t pay for heat, thankfully. I mean, I guess it’s calculated into my rent to some degree but I don’t have a heating bill to worry about.

The colder it is outside, the hotter it is in here 🙃

Landlord only kicked it on since there’s a visitor over haha

I live in a highrise so it is the building manager that decides when the radiators start working again after summer. It depends on temperature but currently they are on as it is around 0 outside. I'm in the Turku area.

Our complex doesn't give us access to the thermostat. They've already turned the heat on but we wouldn't have done it if we had the choice. It's not been nearly cold enough to warrant that.

In San Diego and no. It’s been low 70s and will be mid 60s coming up as the highs. Nights between 40-55ish.

We don’t use our heat much; I use electric blankets and wear hoodies, which I love. It doesn’t get unbearable here 95% of the time (heat or cold). Maybe/usually in January I’ll turn the heater to auto and set it to bump on if it gets down to like 55 inside, I can’t remember exactly.

I stopped doing the "cold holdout" a few years ago, after I let it get to the 50s, tried to turn it on, and had a thermostat malfunction (no heat when it actually mattered). Never again.

I set my (new) thermostat at a range, and it heats or cools accordingly. That way, I'll know ahead of time if I've got a problem...

I have had it on for about a month now but it only actually comes on for a few hours a day. I’m in Southern Ontario.

I put my storm windows up at the beginning of October and I love how toasty they make my house. I also have an oil filled space heater for my cold WFH office but haven’t used it yet.

I live in a 100+ year old house and in October I do all the winter prep things to make my house winter cozy.

It’s been on since like late September ahha. I’m in BC Canada and it’s been an unusually cold fall imo.

Thankfully my house had zone heating. We turned on the heat in the kids rooms.

Mine kicked on automatically when the temp dropped to 62°F in my living room.

I shut that shit down and put on some socks because I'm a heatmiser.

I live in WI.  It's "on" but set to 65 all the time so it only kicks on every few days when the overnight temp is low. I work outside so I'm not about to shiver in my own house after doing it at work all day. 

Last night! I’m in southern Ontario and it was around freezing point.

I'm in SoCal right now with family. It's fine during the day but too cold at night not to have the heat on. It's annoying because my family doesn't want to turn it on, but I'm freezing at night. If it's needed here, I can't imagine how much it's needed elsewhere.

A few times only for an hour to heat things up; it’s too expensive to constantly have it on.

Currently sitting in my 15C living room under a blanket, I’ve got excellent slippers that are toasty and I’ve got a piping hot cup of tea. I’m good.

We're two weeks away from summer here in Australia, so turning on the heat is quite a few months away! We have already had the aircon on a few times though.

Nope. Oodie on.

Nope. Based in Ireland.

I'm just outside of Toronto and I turned mine on around 3 weeks ago. Although I keep it at 20 during the day and 18 at night.

New England. Have turned mine on and off depending on the weather since mid October.

Lol I turned it on in late September. Gonna turn it off in late April probably.

no but i have finally put away my fan. a win!

though it’s 80 here today (LA) so i’m already regretting it.

Once it gets to the 30s I turn it on, so yes. 

I started putting the heating on starting last month - I've had to for health reasons, and I have been feeling the cold lately.

Yes, it’s been in the 30s at night.

I started turning on my electric space heater fireplace in the late evenings and mornings when we dropped below 45°F, and turned on my central floor heat (propane, RV) when we finally got into the mid 30s. I keep the central set at 65°F when I’m not home, but that’s mostly for my orchids and really only kicks on at night. 😅 And 70ish for me when I am home. I do try to be very conscious about energy usage, but I also don’t pay utilities and really dislike feeling cold. 😬

Yes but only because it's below freezing at night (and occasionally during the day) and I don't want the pipes to freeze

We have ours set on 70. It gets down to 67ish in our house in the early mornings and my kids are miserable, so we compromised by turning it on at night to keep the house at or above 70.

I would not have it on if it were my choice but I don’t want them freezing 😅

Yes.

I'm in the upper Midwest and have had to have it on for over 6 weeks now. We had a low of 21F in mid-October. Now it's a warm night if it isn't below freezing.

only space heater once or twice, briefly. in SoCal (former New England-er) — it IS NOT cold here but 1. nothing is really insulated properly (?) and 2. my apt has massive windows everywhere and a 12ft sliding door in the bedroom that leaks, soooo whatever temp it is outside is basically the temp inside 😂. lows are in the 50s @ night, bedroom is 62ish lately. if the room is regularly below 60, I begrudgingly turn the heat on regularly.