This summer, like most summers in the San Joaquin Valley, is poised to drop a hot hammer on the region, bringing dozens of days in which high daytime temperatures will top 100 degrees.
And The Old Farmers Almanac predicts that the summer of 2026 “will be hotter and drier than normal, with the hottest periods in early and late June and mid- to late August.”
But data released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that more than 10% of Valley households will confront those hot days without any air conditioning, including evaporative or “swamp” coolers…