{"id":9846,"date":"2025-06-24T04:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T04:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9846\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T04:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T04:46:08","slug":"chicago-area-families-flock-to-pools-to-beat-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9846\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago area families flock to pools to beat extreme heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/55B9B043496C4E433FF80CCA5F380446.jpg\" alt=\"Suburban Chicago pools fill with families looking to beat the heat\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-44b63364=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-ab46d25e=\"\"><strong>NORTHBROOK, Ill.<\/strong> &#8211; The heat wave is lingering in the Chicago area as temperatures hit 90 degrees for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/weather\/chicago-weather-heat-warnings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">third day in a row<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-ab46d25e=\"\">The scorching temps had everybody trying to find ways to cool off, including at public pools that are open for the summer, including in suburban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/northbrook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northbrook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-ab46d25e=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-ab46d25e=\"\">The pool at the Meadowhill Aquatic Center was full of kiddos and parents who were trying to beat the heat.<\/p>\n<p data-v-ab46d25e=\"\">&#8220;I feel really hot today,&#8221; said one boy enjoying the pool.<\/p>\n<p data-v-ab46d25e=\"\">&#8220;It\u2019s pretty hot outside,&#8221; said another.<\/p>\n<p data-v-ab46d25e=\"\">Everyone who could was rushing to their local park district for a dip in the pool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-ab46d25e=\"\">There are lots of amenities, including four pools and two water slides. The facility was also remodeled recently with the addition of new concrete, shade structures, and gender-neutral bathrooms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-ab46d25e=\"\">The center offers a fun time for kids and parents.<\/p>\n<p data-v-ab46d25e=\"\">&#8220;We have different options. So we have a splash pass, which is $100. That gets you 10 visits,&#8221; said Joey Sanchez, the Northbrook Park District manager. &#8220;We also have a season pass, which depending on if you&#8217;re a resident, non-resident, how many people you have in your family, that will vary as well. And then we also have daily admission prices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-ab46d25e=\"\">The Meadowhill Aquatic Center closes at 8 p.m., and daily passes range in price from $9 to $13.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-ab46d25e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/northbrook\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-ab46d25e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northbrook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/weather\/severe-weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-ab46d25e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Severe Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTHBROOK, Ill. &#8211; The heat wave is lingering in the Chicago area as temperatures hit 90 degrees for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,5386,1818,50,10886,5313,68,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-9846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-cook-county","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-northbrook","14":"tag-severe-weather","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9846","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=9846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}