More El Paso Cooling Centers Added With Hours Extended

The City of El Paso is keeping our community cool and safe during the extreme summer heatwave by adding more cooling centers with extended hours across the city.

The heat is on - this week alone El Paso temperatures hovered in the triple-digit spectrum with high of 110 just this past Monday. With these extremely high temperatures the El Paso Office of Emergency Management, the City of El Paso Parks and Recreation Center, and the Extreme Weather Task Force have opened nine cooling centers to help keep residents cool and safe including senior citizen residents pose a bigger risk due to extreme heat dangers including heatstroke.

The centers will also be observing COVID-19 health and safety guidelines at all times. All nine Cooling Centers are currently open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and are free and open to the public.

•  9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• July 15 to Aug. 3

Don Haskins Rec Center at 7400 High Ridge

• 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• July 15 to Aug. 3

Marty Robbins Rec Center at 11600 Vista Del Sol Dr.

• 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• July 15 to Aug. 3

Memorial Senior Center at1800 Byron St.

• 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• July 15 to Aug. 3

Nations Tobin Rec Center at 8831 Railroad Dr.

• 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• July 15 to Aug. 3

Pavo Real Senior Center at 9301 Alameda

• 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• July 15 to Aug. 3

Pat O'Rourke Rec Center at 901 Virginia St.

• 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• July 15 to Aug. 3

Officer David Ortiz Rec Center at 563 North Carolina Dr.

• 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• July 29 to Aug. 3

Veterans Rec Center at 5301 Salem Dr.

• 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• July 29 to Aug. 3