July Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipments Slip from June Record

As a three-month moving average (3MMA), total heating and cooling shipments rose 10.7% year over year. Recall that May and June 2021 hold the record high 3MMA annual rate of change at 31.9% and 27.2%, respectively, and the record high prior to 2020 was 16.6% in February 2015. As shown in the chart below, July marks the 13th consecutive month that 3MMA shipments have increased on a year-over-year basis.

Residential and commercial storage water heater shipments increased 3.1% year over year to a combined 835,359 units in July; 816,588 units were shipped for residential use and 18,771 units for commercial use. July marks the fifth consecutive month that water heater shipments have increased on a year-over-year basis.

July shipments of warm air furnaces totaled 313,696 units, an increase of 7.9% compared to the same month last year. This is now the 13th consecutive month that warm air furnace shipments have increased year-over-year.

Central air conditioners and air-source heat pump shipments were down 5.7% from levels one year ago to 952,323 total units; 615,860 air conditioners and 336,463 heat pumps were shipped in July. This is now the second consecutive month that shipments have decreased year-over-year.

The full press release is available on the AHRI website here.

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By Brett Linton, Brett@SteelMarketUpdate.com