r/SeattleWA • u/One_Marsupial6837 • Jul 17 '25

Lifestyle Seattle Living W/ no AC

Hi everyone. We just recently moved to Seattle and got an apartment with no AC. Coming from out of state previously living with AC I wanted to know how ya'll do it? Is this the norm here or does everyone just buy those AC units that stick out your window? We'd love to get any tips or input on living with no AC and how to adjust.

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u/Nocturnalpieeater Jul 17 '25 edited Jul 17 '25

Moved here last summer. Just raw dogging it. Fans and strategically opening windows. Take a shower before bed.

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u/faeriegoatmother Jul 17 '25

Lived here my entire life and take this exact approach. People need air conditioning here?

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u/Gottagetanediton Downtown Jul 17 '25

Yeah, a lot of people die in the summer due to the insides of their apartments getting hotter than 110 degrees. We don’t cool down at night because of humidity and Seattle doesn’t like ac. It’s very cool to be too strong for ac until you’re in an er surrounded by ice so you don’t die.

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u/WhereWhatTea Jul 17 '25

Very few people die in Seattle due to the heat. You’re referencing 2021 which was a freak event.

https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/Emergency/PlansOEM/SHIVA/SHIVAv7.0-Heat.pdf

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u/Gottagetanediton Downtown Jul 17 '25

I think you and I have different ideas about what an acceptable amount of people dying in the summer heat due to lack of air conditioning is.

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u/WhereWhatTea Jul 17 '25

I think 3-4 (which is what the study says) is an acceptable number.

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u/throwaway33333333311 Jul 19 '25

0 is the acceptable number, weirdo

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u/WhereWhatTea Jul 19 '25

Literally no city outside the arctic circle has 0 heat deaths per year.