Either way make the most of your ceiling fan no matter the season.
Ceiling fan rotation direction for summer.
This is the best ceiling fan direction for air conditioning since it makes the air feel cooler than it is.
Today most ceiling fans include remote controls or wall controls that adjust the direction in which the fan blades rotate which makes reversing your ceiling fan as simple as pressing a button.
The direction speed of ceiling fan rotation in the winter summer.
Press the forward button to set your ceiling fan to spin counterclockwise for the summer.
If you do not feel the air very well then turn the fan off and flick the reverse toggle switch.
More about ceiling fan direction.
A ceiling fan should rotate counterclockwise in the summer so the blades push cooler air down in a column.
During the summer you want the air blowing directly on you so you will feel cooler from the wind chill effect which is how fans cool you off.
So in the summer to get windy cool air you ll need the traditional counter clockwise rotation for your fan.
Ceiling fans provide great air circulation and you can optimize these benefits by ensuring the ceiling fan rotation of the blades is correct for circulating warm air during winter or creating a breeze effect by moving or circulating the air better during a hot summer.
So stand under the fan and turn it up on high speed.