Cooling centers open as temps rise - WFSB 3 Connecticut

Temperatures are expected to make their way well into the 90s across Connecticut on Tuesday and this has prompted some cities and towns to open cooling centers.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for most of southern New England as the temperature rises close to the century mark.

According to the National Weather Service, a heat advisory mean that temperatures and unbearable humidity will combine to create a situation that could be potentially life-threatening if proper precautions are not taken.

Below is a list of the current cooling centers. Additional ones will be added to the list as they come in.

Avon:

• Avon Senior Center, 635 West Avon Rd., 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  

Hartford:

• North End Senior Center, 80 Coventry Street, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• South End Wellness Center, 830 Maple Avenue, 90 a.m. - 80 p.m.
• Parkville Senior Center, 11 New Park Avenue, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• Hispanic Health Council, 175 Main Street, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• Hispanic Senior Center, 45 Wadsworth Street, 90 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Meriden:

• Meriden Public Library, 105 Miller St., 9:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Meriden Senior Center, 22 West Main St., 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Middletown:

• Municipal Building Council Chamber, 245 DeKoven Dr., 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
• Middletown Police Department, 222 Main St., 24-hours a day
• The Russell Library, 123 Broad St., normal business hours
• Middletown Senior Center, 150 William St., 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

New Haven:

• Atwater Senior Center, 26 Atwater Street, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. (seniors only)
• Dixwell/Newhallville Senior Center, 255 Goffe Street, 80 a.m. - 4 p.m. (seniors only)
• East Shore Senior Center, 411 Townsend Avenue, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. (seniors only)
• New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm Street, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• Fair Haven Branch Library, 182 Grand Avenue, noon - 8 p.m.
• Mitchell Branch Library, 37 Harrison Street, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Stetson Branch Library, 200 Dixwelll Avenue, noon p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• Courtland Seymour Wilson Branch Library, 303 Washington Avenue, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Simsbury:

• Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow Street, 9:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Eno Memorial Hall Senior Center, 754 Hopmeadow Street, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Transportation available for seniors/disabled call 860-658-3283

Stamford:

• Stamford Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd., 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Central Fire Headquarters, Station 1, 629 Main St., 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• South End Fire Station 2, 215 Washington Blvd., 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• West Side Fire Station 3, 80 Fairfield Ave., 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• East Side/Shippan Fire Station 4, 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• Woodside Fire Station 5, 1600 Washington Blvd., 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

According to the National Weather Service, more people are killed every year than flooding, lightning, tornadoes and hurricanes combined.

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