But among the 15 largest metro areas in the United States, Seattle still has the lowest proportion of homes with air conditioning. In 2013, just 31% of Seattle-area homes had air conditioning that share swelled to 44% by 2019, the most recent year for which data is available. Is it time to surrender and get a window unit? /9hLoE2Q0sh I have never desired air conditioning in Seattle more than I have today. On the first night after it hit 90 degrees, they tried using a product called a Chillow, which is essentially a pouch that can be filled with water and placed inside one’s pillow. Last summer, Benvenga and his wife, Veronica Mratinich, escaped the city in advance of the warm weather, retreating to a beachfront condo near the Canadian border. Humans weren’t the only affected species: In a region famed for its seafood, more than 1 billion sea creatures perished in the heat.Īn international team of 27 scientists calculated that such extreme heat in the Pacific Northwest was “virtually impossible” without human-caused climate change. Washington state reported 100 heat-related deaths during last year’s weeklong hot spell. (The city previously had broken triple digits on only three days throughout its entire history.) In that episode, Seattle set an all-time record for its highest temperature - 108 degrees - and had three consecutive days of over 100 degrees. This year’s heat wave was actually less severe than the heat dome that descended on the Pacific Northwest last summer. The sun shines near the Space Needle in Seattle on June 28, 2021.
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