Pool season · California
Inglewood Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 25, 2026 · dates · water temp
One bar, one year, one Inglewood 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.
Inglewood, CA — 0 swim days a yearThe bar compresses Inglewood's whole pool year into one lane rope: gray floats for the off-season, hollow teal for the March 8–March 29 opening window, solid teal for swim weeks, hollow amber for the closing stretch that ends December 2. Wherever the today marker sits, the nearest color change is your next appointment.
The Inglewood pool calendar
Opening — target March 15
Target March 15; the practical window runs March 8–March 29, and the 7-day mean crosses the 61°F threshold around March 29. Cold-water starts are the cheap ones.
Closing — deadline December 2
Hold the cover until November 22, then winterize by December 2, a week ahead of the January 5 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on Inglewood'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58° | 58° | 60° | 61° | 64° | 66° | 70° | 72° | 72° | 70° | 66° | 59° |
The curve peaks near 72°F — comfortable-water months here usually involve a heater or a solar cover.
Every station tells its own story: compare this curve with Indio's pool season and Irvine's — neighboring normals stations can shift the windows by a week or more. The full ranking lives on the California season index.
Inglewood pool season FAQ
When should I open my pool in Inglewood, CA?
Target March 15. That date backs off two weeks from the day Inglewood's 7-day mean temperature reaches 61°F, so you start up in cold, algae-resistant water. Work the full checklist in the Inglewood opening guide.
When should I close my pool in Inglewood?
The closing deadline is December 2 — late enough that the water has cooled out of the algae zone, early enough to beat Inglewood's first-freeze normal by about a week. See the Inglewood closing guide for the winterizing steps.
How long is the swim season in Inglewood?
Inglewood averages 0 days a year with normal highs of 80°F or better — about 17 days earlier than the California median. The California season index ranks all 147 covered cities by the same metric.
How warm does pool water get in Inglewood?
An unheated pool near Inglewood typically peaks around 72°F in high summer and bottoms out near 57°F in winter, never quite reaching the 78°F comfort line without a heater or solar cover. The month-by-month curve above shows the whole cycle; the methodology page explains the ±5°F error bars.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Hawthorne Municipal Airport (2.4 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.