The City has declared an Excessive Heat Warning beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17, and ending at 9:00 p.m.  on Wednesday, July 18. The Free Library has designated 14 agencies as cooling centers that will have extended hours during excessive heat warnings.  The Free Library locations listed below will be open for extended hours on days they would normally close at 5:00 p.m.  These libraries with extended hours are open in addition to the 25 Free Library agencies with regular late night hours on Tuesday and the 31 Free Library agencies with regular late night hours on Wednesday.

Tuesday, July 17
Eastwick  5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Falls of Schuylkill  5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Frankford  5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Independence  5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Welsh Road  5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Wynnefield  5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Wyoming  5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, July 18
Andorra  5:00 – 8:00 p.m
Haddington  5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Katharine Drexel 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Lillian Marrero 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Logan  5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
South Philadelphia 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

The Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library is also a cooling center with normal late night hours on Tuesday and Wednesday from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.