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East Los Angeles Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
This is the one-page view of East Los Angeles's pool year: both model windows, the estimated water-temperature curve, and today's live position on the season bar. The detailed checklists live on the opening and closing guides; this page is the calendar you check between them.
The bar compresses East Los Angeles's whole pool year into one lane rope: gray floats for the off-season, hollow teal for the February 21–March 14 opening window, solid teal for swim weeks, hollow amber for the closing stretch that ends December 3. Wherever the today marker sits, the nearest color change is your next appointment.
The East Los Angeles pool calendar
Opening — target February 28
Target February 28; the practical window runs February 21–March 14, and the 7-day mean crosses the 61°F threshold around March 14. Cold-water starts are the cheap ones.
Closing — deadline December 3
Hold the cover until November 23, then winterize by December 3, a week ahead of the January 2 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.
Estimated water temperature by month
This is East Los Angeles's typical-year water curve: the same EWMA model as the live widget, run on the 1991–2020 normals instead of this week's weather.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58° | 59° | 60° | 62° | 65° | 68° | 72° | 74° | 75° | 71° | 66° | 60° |
The curve peaks near 75°F — comfortable-water months here usually involve a heater or a solar cover.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Los Angeles Dwtn Usc Campus (4.0 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.