Hot sleepers face different challenges in each season. Not because the fundamental problem changes but because the gap between your body heat and the ambient temperature shifts. Here is how to adjust your setup as temperatures change through the year.
Spring - The Transition Season
Spring is unpredictable. Temperatures can swing 10 degrees or more between nights in the same week. A cooling blanket as the base layer against your skin with a lightweight additional blanket folded at the foot of the bed for cold nights works best. Use the cooling blanket alone on warm nights and add the second layer on top on cold nights. The cooling blanket always stays as the skin-contact layer.
Summer - Peak Season
Summer is where a cooling blanket earns its place most definitively. The cooling blanket alone is the right setup for the vast majority of summer nights. If your room temperature exceeds 25 degrees consistently add a quiet fan to improve airflow. A cooling pillowcase addresses the head and neck which are critical areas in summer heat. See the Cool Night Pillowcase here.
Autumn - The Return of Layering
As temperatures fall in autumn the same layering approach as spring works well. Keep the cooling blanket as your skin-contact layer and add warmth on top as needed. Many hot sleepers find they can use a cooling blanket alone well into October in centrally heated homes.
Winter - Year-Round for True Hot Sleepers
In a centrally heated home where bedroom temperatures stay above 18 degrees overnight most genuine hot sleepers can continue using their cooling blanket year-round. The combination of a cooling blanket against the skin with a heavier duvet on top works very well. The Stillwell Cloud is used by hot sleepers every month of the year. See The Cloud here.