My reloading area was in the basement when we lived on the NH/MA border. During the winter I dressed warm--a thermometer down there once told me once it was 42 degrees. Then we moved to NM, houses are all on slabs down here, and I had a spare bedroom that was great. Now in AZ, I'm in the garage, but that's OK. Today I was out there tumbling brass and cleaning a couple of guns and it was 68 degrees. Couldn't do that back in MA in February.