If you live in the northeast or upper mid-west, where things are buried in snow, you may think this is insane. But Phoenix area residents are starting to turn on air conditioners.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With temperatures in the 80s, Valley residents have been turning on their air conditioners early.
This is only the beginning, and we all know the inevitable is coming. Being prepared for the heat is the key to comfort and less hassle when the temperatures reach their threshold.
The linked article goes onto discuss maintenance tasks for a/c.
Here at 5500 feet above sea level in the Prescott, Az mountains we are not using a/c. We are still running our furnace at night. It has been abnormally warm in the daytime hours here, but no a/c is needed.
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Julia said:
Whiners turn on a fan open a window ….. Oh ya it is Phoenix I forgot location explains everything !
Ric Frost said:
What I liked about Prescott was that we never needed the AC. Neither of the places we lived in even had one. We didn’t even use the AC in the car, unless we had to drive to the airport in Phoenix. Here in Florida, we’re already running the thing trying to get some of the damp out of everything.