Salt Lake County is amending its weekend hours at several public buildings to help residents stay cool with record-breaking heat in the forecast.
The sun reflects off the 111 Main building as two women walk on the sidewalk along State Street in Salt Lake City on Sept. 6, 2022.
Salt Lake County said Friday it is extending cool zone hours at five locations with record-breaking heat in the forecast. Centers offer air-conditioned spaces until 8 p.m. on Sunday. SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake County is amending its Sunday hours at a handful of public buildings to help residents stay cool Salt Lake County typically runs limited hours at its recreation centers on Sunday, which typically end by 3 p.m. in most cases.
However, five recreation centers across the Salt Lake Valley will remain partially open as a "cool zone" through 8 p.m. this Sunday.
"Centers will be designating specific cool zones within the facility during normal operating hours for guests to escape the heat without having to purchase full access to the entire recreation center," county officials said. "Not all recreation center amenities will be available during extended cool zone hours on Sunday. "Salt Lake City Sports ComplexTriple-digit temperatures are forecast throughout the Salt Lake Valley and other valleys across the state this weekend.
The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures in Salt Lake City reaching as high as 106 degrees on Sunday, which would be a daily record and 1 degree off its highest temperature ever recorded since 1874.recommend that people stay out of the sun and stay in air-conditioned rooms as much as possible, especially during the heat of the day.. Cool zones have air-conditioned space and seating for residents to escape the heat.
Some have water and water bottle filling stations to keep people hydrated. For example, all of the Salt Lake City Public Library locations are on the county map, but officials told KSL that they don't plan to make adjustments to their weekend schedules. All of the system's locations will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, but only its main library operates on Sunday.
It's open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The weather service's warning lasts through early Tuesday. High temperatures are forecast to remain in the upper 90s for most of the week, with an increasing chance for scattered showers. The Key Takeaways for this article were generated with the assistance of large language models and reviewed by our editorial team. The article, itself, is solely human-written.
Carter Williams is a reporter for KSL. He covers Salt Lake City, statewide transportation issues, outdoors, the environment and weather. He is a graduate of Southern Utah University. Get Gephardt helps Utah woman fight to get her power of attorney recognized
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