Public Service Announcement: Heat Warning Issued for Niagara Region from July 24-25, 2025

Lincoln, ON – (July 23, 2025) – Environment Canada has issued a Heat Warning for Niagara Region for Thursday, July 24 and Friday, July 25. It is feasible that this warmth occasion may proceed by the weekend for some areas.

• Daytime highs of as much as 35 levels Celsius.
• Peak humidex values as much as 44.
• Overnight lows of 20 to 23 levels Celsius, offering little aid from the warmth.
• Hottest day is anticipated to be Thursday, July 24.

Please word:

• Areas close to the lakes may very well be barely cooler than areas additional inland. As of July 21, Charles Daley Park is famous as unsafe to swim on account of security in line with Niagara Region’s Beach Water Testing Results. Always test earlier than coming into the water.
• Hot and humid air can even convey deteriorating air high quality and can lead to the Air Quality Health Index approaching the high-risk class. 
• The dangers are larger for younger kids, pregnant girls, older adults, folks with continual sicknesses and other people working or exercising open air.
• Watch for the early indicators of warmth exhaustion in your self and others. Signs might embody: headache, nausea, dizziness, thirst, darkish urine and intense fatigue. Stop your exercise and drink water.
• Watch for the results of warmth sickness: swelling, rash, cramps, fainting, warmth exhaustion, warmth stroke and the worsening of some well being circumstances.
• Drink loads of water even earlier than you are feeling thirsty and keep in a cool place.
• Never go away folks or pets inside a parked automobile.
• Heat warnings are issued when very excessive temperature or humidity circumstances are anticipated to pose an elevated danger of warmth sicknesses, equivalent to warmth stroke or warmth exhaustion.

Cooling Spaces:

Anyone in search of aid from the intense warmth is welcome at Town amenities and outside areas throughout warmth alerts. Please go to our Cooling Spaces/Extreme Heat webpage to be taught extra about our cooling areas.

Our swimming pools provide FREE leisure swims when a High Heat Alert has been activated. Visit our Public Swimming webpage to be taught extra.

For further social companies and group packages accessible within the Niagara Region, please name 2-1-1.

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For media inquiries, please contact:

Liliana Busnello
Manager of Corporate Communications
Town of Lincoln
905-563-2799 ext. 230