Cooling Center Update For City of Pinole

Press release from the City of Pinole:

September 24, 2020

Warm Temperatures Forecasted for Sunday 9/27 and Monday 9/28

Warm temperatures are forecasted for Pinole this coming Sunday and Monday. The City of Pinole Senior Center can be set up to serve as a cooling center during extreme heat events. Per City guidelines, the Senior Center will be opened as a cooling center if the National Weather Service (NWS) forecasts that Pinole will experience two consecutive days with high temperatures of 95 degrees or more and necessary staff is available.

The NWS is currently forecasting temperatures for this coming Sunday and Monday that are cooler than two consecutive 95 degree days. As such, the City is not currently planning to open the Senior Center as a cooling center. City staff will continue to monitor the NWS forecast. If the forecast changes such that the City moves to open the Senior Center as a cooling center, that information will be communicated to the community through the City website home page, City of Pinole - City Hall Facebook page, the Senior Center Facebook page, and through an email to Senior Center members.

Contra Costa Health Services provides useful information on “Heat and Your Health” here: https://cchealth.org/heat/

This press release was produced by the City of Pinole. The views expressed here are the author’s own.