Lori Todd is reporting for the Times Union as summer temperatures peak, cooling centers — the air-conditioned facilities where the public can cool off during extreme heat — offer protection from heat-related illness and death. A partial list of centers follows. A link to the full list of Hudson Valley cooling centers can be found on the WGXC Newsroom page at WGXC [dot] org.

Columbia Count
Call each location for operating hours.
- Town of Copake Park Building
- Copake Town Hall
Dutchess County
Call each location for operating hours.
- Adriance Memorial Library
- Beekman Library
- Blodgett Memorial Library
- Boardman Branch Library
- Dover Plains Library
- East Fishkill Community Library
- Grinnell Library
- LaGrange Association Library
- Millbrook Library
- Morton Memorial Library
- Northeast-Millerton Library
- Pleasant Valley Library
- Red Hook Public Library
- Staatsburg Library
- Stanford Free Library
- Starr Library Rhinebecks
Greene County
No cooling centers were reported to the state. Contact local municipalities for information.
Ulster County
2nda Iglesia La Mision Church
80 Elmendorf St., Kingston
Hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., July 19 to 27