Frigid temperatures are expected to continue into Friday night. The City of Austin is activating daytime warming centers across the city for unsheltered Austinites today and will open cold weather shelters tonight.
The warming centers at a handful of city-owned sites will open Friday morning:
- Austin Public Library branches across the city (full list here)
- Austin recreation centers (full list here)
- Austin senior centers (full list here)
- Asian American Resource Center
- George Washington Carver Museum
- Dougherty Arts Center
- Mexican American Cultural Center
The centers will operate during their normal business hours.
Each warming center will be subject to the COVID-related policies of the department running the site, meaning some (like libraries) may have limited capacity in light of the pandemic.
The city's overnight cold weather shelters will open up, as well. Folks seeking shelter must register in person and pass a COVID-19 screening. Registration for shelter is from 6 to 8 p.m. at One Texas Center at South 1st Street and Barton Springs Road.
