Pool season · Alabama
Dothan Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
One bar, one year, one Dothan pool. The season bar below draws everything the model knows — opening window, prime season, closing window — against today's date, with the working details one click away on the opening and closing pages.
The bar compresses Dothan's whole pool year into one lane rope: gray floats for the off-season, hollow teal for the February 24–March 17 opening window, solid teal for swim weeks, hollow amber for the closing stretch that ends November 17. Wherever the today marker sits, the nearest color change is your next appointment.
The Dothan pool calendar
Opening — target March 3
Open by March 3 — a two-week head start on the March 17 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline November 17
The window opens November 7 once water leaves the algae zone; the model deadline is November 17, a week ahead of the November 24 freeze normal.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on Dothan's own normals — the shape of a typical year, not a forecast. The widget above shows where the current year actually sits.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51° | 52° | 58° | 64° | 72° | 79° | 82° | 83° | 80° | 74° | 63° | 56° |
Warmest water typically June–September (peaking near 83°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Dothan Regional Airport (6.6 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.