{"id":94107,"date":"2025-07-26T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T12:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/94107\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T12:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T12:48:09","slug":"cooling-centers-to-open-sunday-as-sweltering-temperatures-expected-over-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/94107\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooling centers to open Sunday as sweltering temperatures expected over the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City of Jacksonville opening cooling centers on Sunday so residents can beat the heat. (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 With sweltering temperatures expected to soar over the weekend, the city is opening cooling centers on Sunday, July 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Saturday will be undera <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/weather\/2025\/07\/25\/jacksonville-faces-heat-advisory-as-temperatures-soar-what-to-expect-this-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/weather\/2025\/07\/25\/jacksonville-faces-heat-advisory-as-temperatures-soar-what-to-expect-this-weekend\/\">heat advisory<\/a> from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Sunday, highs are forecast to stay near 100 degrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The following centers will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p><b>Main Jacksonville Public Library<\/b>\u00a0(303 N. Laura Street)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p><b>Legends Center and Gymnasium<\/b>\u00a0(5130 Soutel Dr.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The city also has 29 pools and 16 splash pads open on Sundays as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Additionally, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) is offering free rides to and from any cooling center. Just let your bus driver know if you are heading to or from a cooling center to receive complimentary transportation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">No registration or identification is required\u2014just walk in and cool off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City of Jacksonville opening cooling centers on Sunday so residents can beat the heat. (Copyright 2025 by WJXT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":78654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,2096,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-94107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-heat","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa","19":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114919617525085902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}