Oak Lawn-Area Cooling Centers Open Saturday Through Monday To Beat The Heat

OAK LAWN, IL — Get ready, because it’s going to feel like H-E-Double Hockey sticks all weekend. An excessive heat warning for the Chicago area, Saturday through midnight Monday, as heat index values over 100 degrees and “hot and humid” weather are expected starting on Saturday.

The combination of high temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a dangerous situation in which heat-related illnesses are possible. Expect afternoon highs in the mid to up 90s and low 80s in the evening, according to the National Weather Service.

Check on elderly and disabled family and friends and neighbors. Have plenty of water on hand for your pets and keep them inside or in a shaded shelter. Call 911 if you think someone needs a well-being check, and you can’t get there yourself, or if you see someone struggling on the street.

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If your power goes out, your air conditioner breaks, don’t have air, or just want to give your electric bill a break, here are cooling centers where you can go to beat the heat around Palos:

If your power goes out, your air conditioner breaks, don’t have adequate access to air conditioning, or just want to give your electric bill a break, here are cooling centers where you can go to beat the heat around Oak Lawn:

Oak Lawn Public Library
9427 Raymond Avenue
Mon-Thu 9am-9pm; Fri & Sat 9am-5pm; library is closed Sunday during the summer.

Oak Lawn Park District Pavilion
9401 Oak Park Avenue
Monday-Thursday 6am-11pm; Friday 6am-10pm;
Sat & Sun 7am-10pm

Oak Lawn Racquet and Fitness Club
10444 South Central
Mon & Wed 6am-11pm; Tue, Thu & Fri 6am-10pm; Sat 7am-9pm; Sun 7am-8pm

Johnson-Phelps VFW Post #5220
9514 S. 52nd Ave. Oak Lawn, IL
Mon - Sat Noon-10PM
Sun Noon-9PM

Hometown Public Library
4331 Southwest Highway
Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday

Hometown City Hall
4331 Southwest Highway
Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday

ADDED: Chicago Ridge Emergency Management Building
10655 S. Oak Ave., Chicago Ridge
Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday

Illinois Department of Human Services
3301 Wireton Rd., Blue Island

The Cook County Department of Homeland Security also has a list of cooling centers, which may open on a 24/7 basis if needed.

If you have an outage, you can report your electric outage online, including on your smartphone or tablet. Or, if you prefer, call ComEd 24/7 at 1-800-Edison-1 (1-800-334-7661). You may also use one of these methods to report and/or track an outage.

Report a power outage online

Report an outage via text and social media

You can also track outages via the outage map, which will give you an estimated restore time