Things That Influence Temps Inside Your Home

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There is obviously some things that affect the temps inside your home such as; R values inside your walls and ceiling, BTUs put out by your system, outdoor temps, and heat distribution setup. So, what else affects how warm your house is? I've got a few theories, like maybe solar warmth on your building and being force inside by colder air(at night time). The reason I'm asking is that some days my house is warmer than expected, other days my heating system seems to work harder to maintain temps. What things, do you think, really influence inside temps besides the obvious?

Herbster
 
How pissed off the wife is can be a major factor.

Seriously, I have noted convection loss from high winds affects the part of the house that breaks up the wind flow more than the parts further away.
 
Second on the wind, that is huge. Before I added insulation to our ceiling (1800 sf ranch) I really didn't notice a huge difference depending on the wind, probably because no matter how the wind was blowing I was losing a ton of heat through our ceiling. After adding about 8" of blow in cellulose up there I really notice the difference with the wind now - my theory is that now that the ceiling is so well insulated, the changes in heat loss due to the wind can make a significant difference, whereas before they were overshadowed by the excessive heat loss through the ceiling.
 
Variations in humidity will make a difference. One day 70 fells stuffy and another it feels inadequate. Both days can be with or without wind. For grins and giggles when there is wind hang a thermometer on the wall that cuts the wind and one on a wall furthest away from the wind in the same room. Sometimes placing the thermometers at different heights will draw attention to uperceived drafts at low levels.
 
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