Chicago Cooling Center Locations and Operating Hours

A list of air-conditioned refuge sites operated by the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services during summer heat. The dataset includes facility names, types, addresses, and hours of operation. It was last updated by data.cityofchicago.org in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map cooling center locations using the ADDRESS and ZIP columns for spatial accessibility analysis.
• Analyze the distribution of SITE TYPE (e.g., Public Libraries, senior centers) to assess coverage across community venues.
• Model service availability by correlating HOURS OF OPERATION with historical heat wave periods.
• Build a public information tool that filters centers by CITY or ZIP code for resident use.

Strengths

• Contains 9 distinct columns detailing facility information.
• Includes geospatial data via ADDRESS, ZIP, and LOCATION columns.
• Managed and updated by the official city data portal, data.cityofchicago.org.

Limitations

• Unknown total number of facilities (row count).
• Temporal coverage is limited to summer months, with no explicit date range provided.
• Some SITE TYPE facilities are activated only during extreme heat, which may not be reflected in the static data.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org

Collection Method

Collected and maintained by the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services.

Time Range

Operational during summer months; specific years not provided.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, indicating regular maintenance.

Geography

City of Chicago, Illinois, USA.