The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) reports that this is now the third June in a row that manufacturers have shattered the single-month unitary shipment record, thanks to replacements, warmer-than-normal weather in the Southwest and West, and a U.S. economy that showed surprising strength in the second quarter.
The industry saw its first-ever monthly shipment total over 900,000 units, notching a 10% jump over the previous record set in 1999.