With the excessive heat, several cooling centers will be open for relief. Cooling centers are air-conditioned public facilities where you and your family can go for relief during periods of extreme heat to prevent or reduce heat-related illness and stress.
Available cooling centers:
- COTS Mary Isaak Center, Tuesday through Thursday, 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. located at 900 Hopper St., Petaluma
- Rohnert Park Community Center, Tuesday through Wednesday and Friday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. located at 5401 Snyder Lane
- Finley Community Center, Tuesday through Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. located at 2060 W. College Ave., Santa Rosa
- Senior Recreation Center Cooling Safe Haven, Tuesday to Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. located at 9231 Foxwood Dr., Windsor
- Healdsburg Senior Center, Tuesday to Wednesday, 11 a.m to 7 p.m., located at 133 Matheson St., Healdsburg
The criteria determining when the county opens a cooling center includes meeting the following conditions:
- The National Weather Service issuing a Heat Risk Level 3 warning or greater for at least three consecutive days; AND
- The National Weather Service issuing an Excessive Heat Warning; and/or
- A forecast of high daytime temperatures accompanied with overnight low temperature of at least 75 degrees or higher; and/or
- The California Independent System Operator issuing an Energy Emergency Alert 2 or Alert 3 electrical emergency.
To learn more, read the press release: Supervisors approve extreme weather response plan, commit to developing partnerships with local groups.
Extreme Temperature Response – In June 2023, the Department of Emergency Management supported its Sonoma County Operational Area Emergency Operations Plan with the Extreme Temperature Incidents Annex, which outlines procedures guiding a collaborative response by local governments, special districts, and allied agencies in the Sonoma County Operational Area to extreme temperature incidents.