What is the Ideal Sleep Temperature?

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Are you too hot or too cold when trying to snooze off in your Buffalo home?

Your sleep is deeply impacted by what temperature you set your thermostat to when you lay your head on the pillow. For some, the temperature must be just right for an ideal night’s sleep. Do you know what your ideal sleep temperature is? What is the best temperature for sleep in your Buffalo, New York home?

Generally, the suggested bedroom temperature should be between 60°F and 67°F for optimal sleep (Sleep.org). When trying to fall asleep, your body temperature decreases to initiate sleep and the proposed ideal temperatures can help accelerate this. If your room is cool, rather than warm, it will be much easier to shut your eyes for the night.

How you set your thermostat will determine if you fall right to sleep or are up counting sheep. A cool, but not cold, room will help you settle into and continue sleep throughout the night.

There are scientific reasons why a room temperature of around 65°F (18.3°C) is optimal for good nighttime sleep. This relates to your body’s internal temperature regulation. Your body’s internal temperature shifts during a 24-hour period. This is known as a circadian rhythm. Your body begins to shed warmth right about the time you go to bed and continues to cool down until reaching its low point near daybreak, at around 5 AM. Your body cools by expanding the blood vessels in your skin. When your temperature starts to drop at night, you may notice that your hands and feet get warmer initially. This is because your body is letting heat escape through them to reduce your core temperature (Healthline).

Keeping the temperature either too hot or too cold while you are trying to catch some shuteye may affect the drop in your body’s internal temperature and cause you to have an anxious sleep. How does a room that is too hot or too cold impact how you sleep in your Buffalo, New York home?

Too cold: In general, the cold will not affect your sleep cycle, but it may make it more difficult to fall asleep and impact other aspects of your health. If you’re too chilly during sleep, your body may alter its cardiac autonomic response.

Too hot: You may notice you have restless sleep when the room temperature is above the ideal sleeping temperature. This restless sleep in a hot room could be caused by a decrease in your slow wave sleep or rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Humidity, in addition to heat, may also contribute to sleep problems.

One study found that the temperature of the room where you sleep is one of the most important factors in achieving quality sleep. Another study looked at data from 765,000 survey respondents and found that most people experience abnormal sleeping patterns during the hotter summer months when it may be more difficult to keep sleeping quarters at an optimal temperature. This can impact the body’s ability to cool itself at night.

How do you ensure you keep your sleeping environment in your Buffalo, New York home at the ideal temperature? There are several ways you can make sure your room stays between the optimum temperatures while you rest your eyes:

  • – Set your home’s thermostat on a schedule to drop during your sleeping hours.
  • – Open windows or turn on air conditioning or heat if the temperature rises or falls outside of the ideal sleeping range.
  • – Have multiple heating and cooling zones in your house. This will allow you to keep your sleeping rooms at different temperatures than other rooms throughout your home.
  • – Run a fan during warmer months to cool the temperature and circulate the air.

Are you ready for a good night’s sleep in your Buffalo home? The key may be making sure that the temperature where you sleep is on the cool side before you close your eyes at night. This will help you to get a healthy and uninterrupted amount of sleep every night. What is the best temperature for sleep? Preferably, your room should be between 60°F and 67°F (15.6 and 19.4°C) for healthy sleep.

At Reimer Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing we can help you with all your heating and cooling needs. Contact us today and we will make sure that you are sleeping comfortably in your Buffalo, New York home

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