If you've had any reason to be outside lately, you know there is just one way to describe it: HOT! So hot, in fact, the National Weather Service has declared an Excessive Heat Warning for nearly all of western and central Missouri, and all of eastern Kansas.

Even if you have to be outdoors, you don't have to risk your health. Several locations around town are volunteering to be "Heat Relief Centers", places where people can drop in and cool off. Here are the locations:

Calvin Center

1412 N. 3rd

8:00 am - 5 pm, Mon. - Fri.

Carnegie Library

316 Massachusetts

10:00 am - 6:00 pm Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat.

10:00 am - 7:00 pm Tues., Thurs.

Downtown Library

927 Felix

9:00 am - 9:00 pm Mon. - Thurs.

9:00 am - 6:00 pm Fri./Sat.

East Hills Library

502 N. Woodbine

9:00 am - 9:00 pm Mon. - Thurs.

9:00 am - 6:00 pm Fri./Sat.

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sun.

East Hills Shopping Center

3702 Frederick

10:00 am - 9:00 pm Mon. - Sat.

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sun.

First Lutheran Church

302 S. 10th

9:00 am - 1:00 pm Mon. - Fri.

No smoking or alcohol

Joyce Raye Patterson Senior Center

100 S. 10th

8:00 am - 5:00 pm Mon. - Fri.

Must be 50 years of age or older

Washington Park Library

1821 N. 3rd

9:00 am - 5:00 pm Mon./Wed./Fri/Sat.

12:00 pm - 8:00 pm Tues./Thurs.

Rolling Hills East Side Library

1904 N. Belt

9:00 am - 9:00 pm Mon. - Thurs.

9:00 am - 6:00 pm Fri./Sat.

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sun.

Rolling Hills Savannah Library

514 W. Main

Savannah, MO

9:00 am - 6:00 pm Mon./Wed./Fri./Sat.

9:00 am - 8:00 pm Tue./Thurs.

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sun.