When do you stop hanging washing out?

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It's going to get to 10 degrees today. Is that going to dry anything? Or should it just put it on the airer?

A cold wind will still dry it. There's not really a cut off, I decide on a day by day basis, though by mid November there are very few days that seem worth it.

If the patio is dry then I feel the air is dry enough for there to be some benefit for having the washing outside.
even in winter, if the air is cold then the washing won’t come in dry but at least a lot of the water will have evaporated into the air and not my house.

i do have a dryer but I don’t put everything in in it and like to avoid using it unless necessary.

Same, if it's remotely sunny, out it goes. I watch the weather forecast like a football fan watches the footie

Already stopped putting them out and won’t now until we get those hot, sunny, days again (which didn’t occur until August this year!).

I put mine out all year round, as even if it won't dry I like the thought of it being in the fresh air for a time. I've read it helps kill off bacteria left on clothes, that might cause them to smell.

I don't I just have crispy towels

I have an A rated dryer honestly I rarely hang anything out anymore it all gets out in the dryer so much easier

Stopped this week as it's a waste of time even without dodging the showers. On the heated airer now until about March or April.

I’m in the North West and work full time so don’t even bother! I would always come back in the evening to a wetter line of clothes than I put out that morning.
I only ever really put clothes out even through spring/summer on a day off when I know I’m not leaving the house - can’t rely on Manchester weather ever.

Was just thinking the same. I hate having wet washing around the place, and it takes forever to dry unless I put the heating on, which I don't want to do just yet.

Hung out on a dry day it takes some of the moisture from it. Today is just grey and cloudy so can't decide if it's worth it.

I don't have a dryer or heated airer so take my chances where I can.

I hang outside to dry all year round and even been known to peg washing out on Christmas day. I just go by the weather and if it's sunny and a breeze then it goes out. I sometimes have to finish it off on a clothes airer indoors. I love the smell of line dried washing.

I don't have a cut off. I check the Met Office weather forecast online. If humidity is below 80% it goes out and will dry. Above that it will struggle.

This. As long as it goes out early enough

Ours goes out all year round. Humidity is key - if it's less than 80% it goes out, if it's too damp then it goes on airers in the bathroom with the window open. Washing will dry outside on a freezing day as long as the humidity is low enough.

I also hang out year round. If the humidity is 75% or below and there's at least a 10mph breeze it will get at least mostly dry, and it will smell better than by using the tumble dryer.

From October onwards only if it's bright and breezy. I always look forward to spring when I came start putting washing out again.

It was 13 degrees and windy the day before Christmas Eve last year, I had washing out!

Year round if it’s bright out. It might need finishing off inside, but outdoor dried smells nicer and is free/no emissions.

I do check the weather forecast though - so tumble dried yesterday because I was expecting the torrential rain we got.

Never.
Luckily I work from home so can nip out if it starts raining, or like yesterday, sleet.
Away to hang out a load now
Like a PP I have been known to hang out on Christmas Day but I'm too superstitious to do a wash on New Year's Day

You need the Laundry timer app! It brings together weather forecast data for your area with scientific formulas around fabric drying.

I find it accurate.

Today, my washing is out because there’s a low chance of rain, but it will not dry by the end of the day outside. I know that I will need to bring it in around 4pm and finish it off in the dryer. The tumble dry time will only be about 10-20 minutes vs the 70 min it would have taken had I not hung it out.

When the boiler is on, washing goes to dry in the utility room. We don't have gas here, the boiler chucks out a huge amount of heat which is perfect for clothes drying.

Never unless it's raining. Hest doesn't matter so much. I always used to prescribe to the path being dry thing but I hung washing out the other day and the path was damp, it was still damp (I actually thought it had been raining and assumed the washing would be soaking) when I brought the washing in and it was all dry so I do think this isn't necessarily indicative of anything. If it's not raining it goes even if it doesn't fully dry it's still a plus and means less drying time inside.

Totally depends on your garden. Mine hardly gets sun from the end of October and is small and sheltered so unless it’s very windy it just doesn’t dry when it’s cold. But my Mum can dry outside all year in a sunnier, more breezy garden.

You need the Laundry timer app! It brings together weather forecast data for your area with scientific formulas around fabric drying.

I need this in my life.

Depends where you live I think.
Around here nothing dries on my line after October, everything outside seems to stay damp until April. Even on sunny days, there's just so much moisture in the air with the cold!