Federal air quality guidance suggests that seniors living in near Tampa, Florida, should stay indoors on Tuesday as the region prepares for worsening air quality that could pose serious health ...

Thermostat household wars are real. What’s your ideal setting for Florida summers? Are you team chill at 72 or keeping it hotter to save on AC?

Here's how. 1. Change the air filter The simplest thing you can do is one of the most important. Every 30 to 90 days, remove the air filter from your air conditioner and put in a new one. Done.

Florida on alert after massive Saharan dust cloud clobbers Caribbean — air quality will suffer, experts say By Marissa Matozzo Published June 2, 2025, 5:24 p.m. ET ...

Florida is predicted to experience another hot summer, potentially breaking previous temperature records. Maintaining your AC unit, using fans, and managing sunlight can help control cooling costs.

Should I turn my air conditioner off at night and open the windows? In the Florida summer, opening your windows day or night isn't a good idea unless you just like the heat.

Every year from around June to September, a mass of sand, dirt and dry, dust air from the North Africa desert is pulled into the atmosphere to blow west. It's called the Saharan Air Layer (SAL ...

The SAL is a large mass of very dry, dusty air that forms over the Sahara Desert. It typically moves off the African coast every few days in the summer months and stretches 1 to 2.5 miles thick in ...

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Air quality check: Here's a map of air quality in Florida and beyond As of Friday afternoon, the Air Quality Index for PM2.5 was good over most of the state but moderate in Broward, Mami-Dade, and ...

Florida on alert after massive Saharan dust cloud clobbers Caribbean — air quality will suffer, experts say A monster cloud of Saharan dust the size of the U.S. is stampeding across the Atlantic ...