I would guess that my pantry is like the vast majority of houses' rooms. I stored my dormant plumeria in a guest bedroom closet for years, so that closet was probably about the same conditions as your house. Central AC/heat is pretty much universal, I would think. Ideally, garlic should be stored between 50-60 F, and my pantry never gets that low, nor does any other part of the house. But it still seems to work just fine.
