Too Hot? Here's Where To Find Cooling Shelters in RI

The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency wants you to stay safe during this heat wave. The following cooling centers have been set up in cities and towns across Rhode Island.

Barrington:

• Barrington Public Library

Bristol:

• Roger's Free Library
• Quinta-Gamelin Recreation Center

Burrillville :

• Jesse Smith Library

Charlestown:

• Cross' Mills Public Library

Coventry:

• Coventry Public Library

Cranston:

• Arlington Library
• Auburn Library
• Central Library
• Knightsville Library
• Oaklawn Library
• William Hall Library

Cumberland:

• Cumberland Public Library

East Greenwich:

• East Greenwich Police Station Community Room
• Swift Community Center

East Providence:

• Riverside Library
• Senior Center
• Weaver Library

Exeter:

• Exeter Library

Foster:

• Foster Public Library
• Tyler Free Library

Glocester:

• Glocester Manton Library
• Harmony Library

Hopkinton:

• Ashaway Free Library
• Hopkinton Town Hall

Johnston:

• Johnston Public Library

Middletown:

• Middletown Library
• Senior Center
• Town Hall

Narragansett:

• Narragansett Library

Newport:

• Donovan Manor
• Florence Gray Community Center
• Newport Public Library

New Shoreham:

• Island Free Library

North Kingstown:

• Senior Center
• North Kingstown Library

North Providence:

• Salvatore Mancini Resource & Activity Center

Pawtucket:

• Blackstone Valley Visitor Center
• Leon Mathieu Senior Center
• Pawtucket Police Department
• Pawtucket Public Library

Portsmouth:

• Portsmouth Multi-purpose Senior Center

Providence:

• Crossroads RI
• Davinci Center for Community Progress
• Federal Hill House
• Fox Point Library
• Mt. Pleasant Library
• Olneyville Library
• Providence Public Library
• Providence Rescue Mission
• Rochambeau Library
• Silver Lake Annex Multi-purpose Community Center
• Smith Hill Library
• South Providence Library
• Wanskuck Library
• Washington Park Library
• West End Community Center

Richmond:

• Clark Memorial Library

Scituate:

• Chopmist Hill Senior Center
• Hope Libray
• North Scituate Library

Smithfield:

• East Smithfield Public Library
• Greenville Public Library
• Smithfield Municipal Ice Rink

South Kingstown:

• South Kingstown Recreation Center
• Kingston Free Library
• Neighborhood Guild
• Peace Dale Library
• Senior Center

Tiverton:

• Tiverton Public Library

Warren:

• George Hail Free Library

Warwick:

• Pilgrim Senior Center
• Warwick Public Library

Westerly:

• Westerly Public Library

West Greenwich:

• West Greenwich Library

West Warwick:

• West Warwick Public Library
• West Warwick Youth/Police Annex

Woonsocket:

• Woonsocket Senior Center
• Woonsocket Library

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