In the house, why does heat set at 68 feel different than ac set on 68? It’s the same temperature but they feel very different!

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In the house, why does heat set at 68 feel different than ac set on 68? It’s the same temperature but they feel very different!

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Answer 1

Your body senses change in temperature, not the actual temperature. So if you are sitting in a 68F/20C house and touch floors/windows/doors or go out in winter, your body identifies the house as warmer than the rest of the environment. If it’s the summer; the house is cooler than the rest of the environment. But we don’t have a sensor that measures the absolute temperature.