ALYSSA. ALL RIGHT. SO WE KNOW IT’S GOING TO GET HOTTER NEXT WEEK DAVID. SO POLK COUNTY IS ACTIVATING ITS EXTREME TEMPERATURE PLAN FOR THE HEAT ON THE WAY NEXT WEEK. THAT’S GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT AT NOON ON TUESDAY. THAT MEANS COOLING CENTERS LIKE LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS WILL BE OPEN. AND DART WILL BE OFFERING FREE RIDES TO THOSE LOCATIONS. THIS HAPPENS ANY TIME THAT THERE ARE TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS WHERE THE HEAT INDEX IS AT OR ABOVE 95 DEGREES, A
Polk County will activate Extreme Temperature Plan next week
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Updated: 1:36 PM CDT Jul 18, 2025
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The Polk County Extreme Temperature Plan will go into effect at noon Tuesday, July 22, due to dangerously hot conditions.Due to the heat, many Polk County libraries and community centers are identified as cooling centers. You can find a full list of cooling centers here. Expect highs in the low-90s in central Iowa Tuesday-Sunday, with heat index values approaching triple-digits. Officials have not projected an end date for the plan as of Friday."Those are normal places that people go… It’s things like libraries and malls. Places where you can go in and cool off in those extremely hot temperatures," Deputy Director of Polk County Emergency Management Dutch Geisinger said. "So anybody in Polk County that needs to get in out of those extreme temperatures can go inside and cool off for a while."Emergency shelters will also provide weather amnesty.The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) will provide free rides to cooling centers. Riders should tell bus drivers that they want to go to a cooling center when they board.
POLK COUNTY, Iowa — The Polk County will go into effect at noon Tuesday, July 22, due to dangerously hot conditions.
Due to the heat, many Polk County libraries and community centers are identified as cooling centers. You can find a full list of cooling centers .
Expect highs in the low-90s in central Iowa Tuesday-Sunday, with heat index values approaching triple-digits. Officials have not projected an end date for the plan as of Friday.
"Those are normal places that people go… It’s things like libraries and malls. Places where you can go in and cool off in those extremely hot temperatures," Deputy Director of Polk County Emergency Management Dutch Geisinger said. "So anybody in Polk County that needs to get in out of those extreme temperatures can go inside and cool off for a while."
Emergency shelters will also provide weather amnesty.
The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) will provide . Riders should tell bus drivers that they want to go to a cooling center when they board.
