Whether it be the Celtics on the court or the temperatures around the city, things are surely heating up in Boston this week. Unfortunately for Dorchester, the beaches at Savin Hill and Tenean Beach will be closed to swimmers throughout these 90-degree days.

According to the Interactive Beach Water Quality Dashboard on Mass.gov, over a dozen beaches across the state are currently closed. The reason that is so for the Dot is bacterial exceedance. The same can be said for several beaches in Quincy and Milton.

The dashboard is updated at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. every day throughout the beach season. If a beach is listed as closed, visitors should not swim in or enter its waters.

This means that as temperatures rise to around 95 in Dorchester over the next three days, residents will have to find another way to cool down from the heat. Ice cream helps, some say.

–REPORTER STAFF