Here in Washington State I find the summers are quite mild and A/C is kind of superfluous.
There's a fair climatic variation around this state. Nothing we had on the wet side had AC when I was growing up, and you really didn't miss it. Here on the dry side, it gets a bit hot. (But never all that humid, which is nice.) As I said before, a vehicle designed for no AC is tolerable, one that is not, is not. -- Jim