Welcome to Heat Week. From July 1 until July 5, Chron is looking at how heat has defined our lives in Houston and Texas—the good, the bad and the sweaty. It's ubiquitous now, but there was a time when ...

My boyfriend’s mother, a Boston chemist whose early career involved visiting oil refineries across the globe, has a saying about Texas: “There’s no place colder than Houston in the summer.” Of course, ...

Alyssa Pullen said her rented home became so humid that she couldn’t breathe, it smelled like mold and she began to lose weight from sweating. Pullen’s home air conditioning system has been damaged ...

Is there any city in the world more intertwined with the development of air conditioning than Houston? In fact, it has been argued that Houston wouldn't be the energy capital of the world, a major hub ...

It’s a familiar debate among families and roommates: What’s the ideal temperature to set the thermostat? In a Texas summer, that discussion can get heated — fast. And while it may still feel early in ...

A House panel approved on Wednesday a bill to require prisons to have air-conditioning by the end of 2032. House Bill 3006, by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, would ...