Photo by Matt.Dunn.

A beautiful thought: that thrilling, icy chill that you get after leaping into a pool on the hottest of summer days.

Let’s just hold on that for a few minutes. Ahhh.

I swear, I’m not just teasing you — there is good news that could help you make that wonderful feeling a reality: the District has extended hours at several D.C. pools today to help residents combat the record-breaking heat. (Today will be the 51st day that temperatures in D.C. reach 90 degrees or higher this year. 51!) The following pools will open at 11 a.m. this morning and will stay open as late as they safely can:

  • Anacostia, 1800 Anacostia Drive, SE, (202) 724-1441

  • Banneker, 2500 Georgia Avenue, NW, (202) 673-2121

  • Benning Park, Southern Avenue and Fable Street, SE, (202) 645- 5044

  • Douglass, Frederick Douglass Court and Stanton Terrace, SE, (202) 645- 5045

  • Fort Dupont, Ridge Road and Burns Street, SE, (202) 645-5046

  • Fort Stanton, 1800 Erie Street, SE, (202) 645- 5047

  • Harry Thomas Sr., 1743 Lincoln Road, NE, (202) 541-7499

  • Oxon Run, 4th Street and Mississippi Avenue, SE, (202) 645-5042

  • Theodore R. Hagans Jr., 3201 Fort Lincoln Drive, NE, (202) 576-6389

  • Volta Park (formerly Georgetown), 3400 Volta Place, NW, (202) 282-0381
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