Photo story: As temperatures soared, people kept cool in city parks
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Children hang out in the splash pad in Dover Beach in New Haven. The temperature went up to 95 degrees on Thursday.
As the hot weather persisted across Connecticut this week, people took advantage of city parks and splash pads. The city of New Haven features a number of the water parks.
The brutal weather is expected to break by Sunday, and next week should be more seasonable.
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Evelyn Ojedas, 6, of East Haven, pours water on her father, Alain Ojedas, who waited for her while she enjoyed the splash pad. She continued to fill up the water bottle from the splash pad and run to her father to pour it.
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Rainbows form around the splash pad near the Quinnipiac River in New Haven.
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Whitney Hernandez, 9, of New Haven enters the splash pad. Her family recently moved to a new house and has been enjoying the neighborhood parks.
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Whitney Hernandez, 9, waits for water to fill up her little sister’s bottle. Whitney helped her little sister, who was initially afraid of the splash pad, by taking her by the hand and slowing approaching the water area.
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Dianelyes Tena, 9, enjoys the water splash in the hot afternoon. Tena said she loves hot weather because she can spend a lot of time outdoors.
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Kendall Walker, 7, of New Haven, left, enjoys the water.
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