In August 2021 the City of Charleston opened cooling centers during a heat advisory. The centers offered air conditioning and cold water to anyone who needed to get out of the heat.
- Roosevelt Neighborhood Center, 502 Ruffner Ave.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 314 Donnally St.
- North Charleston Community Center, 2009 7th Ave.
- Kanawha City Community Center, 3511 Venable Ave.
The city opened the same four centers again later that month. For other help, residents were pointed to WV 2-1-1. See also Preventing heat-related illness.
Hours and locations are from 2021. Check with the City of Charleston for current cooling centers.