Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 593,998 units in November 2020, up 29.1 percent from 460,002 units shipped in November 2019. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 29.1 percent, to 346,023 units, up from 267,994 units shipped in November 2019. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 29.1 percent, to 247,975 units, up from 192,008 units shipped in November 2019.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 10.1 percent, to 8,764,619 units, up from 7,960,827 units shipped during the same period in 2019. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 10.5 percent, to 5,588,393 units, up from 5,056,087 units shipped during the same period in 2019. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 9.3 percent, to 3,176,226, up from 2,904,740 units shipped during the same period in 2019.
