Unless you’re lucky enough to have air conditioning, there’s a good chance you spent the better part of this historically sticky Seattle weekend splayed in front of a box fan with all your shades drawn, gazing incredulously at your phone’s weather app while feeling a particular reverence for your freezer and its icy contents. If you don’t want to repeat that process today (which is supposed to reach record-breaking highs of 110°) or on future hot summer days, bookmark this page to refer to some of our favorite air-conditioned spaces in town. Plus, check out our roundup of boozy frozen drinks to try this summer.
See also: the city’s complete list of cooling centers.
* = Advance tickets encouraged.
LIBRARIES
Ballard
(Tues-Sat, 10 am-6 pm)
Beacon Hill
(Tues-Sat, 10 am-6 pm)
