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15 ways to stay cool this summer without AC

The summer of 2025 continues to heat up across the United States. According to the National Weather Service’s climate outlook for June through August of this year, above-normal temperatures are expected throughout the country, with the highest temps predicted in the Southwest and Northeast. Already, most of the nation endured a record-breaking heat and humidity wave in June 2025, and there’s more than a month of summer still to go.

Unfortunately, warmer-than-average summers are quickly becoming the norm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration notes that the summer of 2024 was the fourth-hottest recorded in the nation’s history. The month of August 2024 alone set a new standard as the warmest Augu

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