Playground equipment can get hot, even on a cloudy day. Getty Images/iStockphoto. Dark-painted surfaces and metal retain heat. This table below was 149 in the sun.

Playground equipment heats up faster than the air temperature and that can cause burns to children. ... It was 'ugh,'" said Lucy Reese.Lucy Reese, 11, sat on the metal merry-go-round.

Synthetic turf can hit 160 degrees Fahrenheit on a 90-degree Fahrenheit day. Plastic and metal playground equipment can reach over 160-degree Fahrenheit — and can cause third degree burns.

Playground structures at Rose, Sylvan Point, Stephenson and Veteran’s parks have already been taken down. Dubord says Royce Park will have its equipment removed this weekend.

With the scorching heat, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns parents that playground equipment such as uncoated metal equipment, metal equipment, slides, swings or asphalt and ...

We’re talking about playground equipment, the metal or plastic kind. “We do really like our outside time.” 5-year-old Millie and her brother love the park.

“There are federal and state guidelines on what you have to do with playground equipment. It’s pretty extensive,” Bethel Park council member John Oakes said.

She allegedly slammed the girl's head repeatedly onto a metal platform on playground equipment Friday at Stark-Wayne Schrader Park at 1800 Stark Ave. SW.

The metal poles measured just over 100 degrees while the slide measured 137 degrees. A good rule of thumb for testing the equipment: if you can’t put your hand on it for more than 5 seconds and ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — As temperatures soar, El Paso parents are being urged to exercise caution when allowing their children to play on playground equipment, which can become ...

Synthetic turf can hit 160 degrees Fahrenheit on a 90-degree Fahrenheit day. Plastic and metal playground equipment can reach over 160 degrees Fahrenheit — and can cause third-degree burns.

While the Lake Elmo Park Reserve swim-pond playground area is getting a $1.75 million makeover this spring, the old playground equipment will be getting a second life overseas.