For the first time, more than 50% of residents in Seattle are using air conditioning as their primary cooling sourc
e. Of the 1.6 million housing units in the Seattle area, approximately 844,400 had a primary air conditioning source, with roughly 21% using central air and nearly 30% relying on room air conditioning, according to the most recent Just five years ago, out of the 41 metros measured in the Census’ American Housing Survey, only one of every three housing units in the Seattle area was cooled by air conditioning, making it the least air-conditioned metro area in the nation.
AC use in Seattle has dramatically jumped over the last decade, as just 31% of Seattle-area housing units used AC in 2013, then 44% in 2019.just south of Seattle during this last week’s run of 90-degree weather. In Renton, KIRO 7 crews watched as three people bought air conditioning units at one store in just a half-hour period.
“I’ve been adding it over the years,” Renton resident Mike Nguyen said. “I just keep upgrading and changing new ones.”“I work from home,” Des Moines resident Elliot Reposa said. “I don’t want to be uncomfortable when I’m working.”
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