{"id":118535,"date":"2026-01-15T00:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118535\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T00:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:16:08","slug":"shelters-open-across-tampa-bay-as-temperatures-drop-this-week-see-the-county-by-county-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118535\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelters open across Tampa Bay as temperatures drop this week. See the county-by-county list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shelters are set to open Thursday and Friday night across the area, offering people a warm place to stay as temperatures drop.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/weather\/weather-impact\/tampa-bay-weather-rain-cold-temperatures\/67-968b397a-f3d8-4973-b602-9cf4253016a6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Weather Impact Alert is in effect this week<\/a> as cooler temperatures are set to move into the Tampa Bay area.<\/p>\n<p>A significantly colder and drier air mass moves in late Thursday night into Friday morning. Temperatures fall into the 30s with gusty northwest winds, creating near or sub-freezing wind chills.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To prepare, counties across Tampa Bay are opening free cold shelters for anyone in need of a warm place to stay.<\/p>\n<p>SEE THE FULL FORECAST |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/weather\/weather-impact\/tampa-bay-weather-rain-cold-temperatures\/67-968b397a-f3d8-4973-b602-9cf4253016a6\" class=\"cms__embed-related-story__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Weather Impact Alert: Rain Wednesday night into Thursday ahead of a major cool down late week<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHillsborough County warming shelters                    <\/p>\n<p>According to the county, the following shelters will be taking in guests from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, unless they reach full capacity prior to that time:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hyde Park United Methodist Church \u2013 Harnish Center (Thursday only)Address: 500 W. Platt St. in TampaTampa Bay Mission of HopeAddress: 110 S. Parsons Blvd. in BrandonHyde Park United Methodist Church \u2013 Magnolia BuildingAddress: 414 S. Magnolia Ave. in TampaChurch of God of Prophecy Hyde ParkAddress: 107 S. Oregon Ave. in TampaAmazing Love MinistriesAddress: 3304 E. Columbus Dr. in TampaGreater New Hope Church Anointed MinistriesAddress: 2104 Mud Lake Rd. in Plant CityThe Portico (Friday only)Address: 1001 N. Florida Ave. in Tampa                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPinellas County warming shelters                    <\/p>\n<p>The county said shelters will be open from 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday. All sites will provide a place to sleep, and many locations will serve a meal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) will also provide free bus rides to and from the shelters from 5 p.m. Thursday through 7 a.m. Friday. Riders must tell PSTA drivers that they are going to a warming shelter when boarding to ride fare-free.<\/p>\n<p>Boys and Girls Club of Tarpon SpringsAddress: 111 W Lime StreetTransportation option: PSTA Route #19First United Methodist Church of ClearwaterAddress: 411 Turner StreetTransportation option:\u00a0PSTA Route #52ABoys &amp; Girls Club of Pinellas ParkAddress:\u00a07790 61st St. NTransportation option:\u00a0PSTA Route #74First United Methodist Church of Pinellas ParkAddress:\u00a09025 49th St. NTransportation option:\u00a0PSTA Route #49Unitarian Universalist ChurchAddress: 100 Mirror Lake Drive N in St. PetersburgNote: This location requires the use of stairs.Transportation option: PSTA Routes #9, #20, #24, SunRunnerSalvation ArmyAddress:\u00a01400 4th Street South in St. PetersburgTransportation option:\u00a0PSTA Route #4A or BAllendale ChurchAddress:\u00a03803 Haines Rd. N in St. PetersburgTransportation option: PSTA Route #16, #38                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHernando County warming shelters                    <\/p>\n<p>The county said the following warming shelter will be open 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and close operations at 8 a.m. the following day:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Enrichment CenterAddress: 800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd. in Brooksville                    <\/p>\n<p>The warming center will not include meals or cots, according to the county.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPasco County warming shelters                    <\/p>\n<p>The following shelters will be open in the county starting 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday. They will close at 10 a.m. the following day:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shady Hills Mission ChapelAddress: 15925 Greenglen Lane in Spring HillFirst Nazarene Church of ZephyrhillsAddress: 6151 12th Street in Zephyrhills                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shelters are set to open Thursday and Friday night across the area, offering people a warm place to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-118535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}