Pool season · California
Palmdale Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
One bar, one year, one Palmdale 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 Palmdale's whole pool year into one lane rope: gray floats for the off-season, hollow teal for the March 29–April 19 opening window, solid teal for swim weeks, hollow amber for the closing stretch that ends November 6. Wherever the today marker sits, the nearest color change is your next appointment.
The Palmdale pool calendar
Opening — target April 5
Target April 5; the practical window runs March 29–April 19, and the 7-day mean crosses the 61°F threshold around April 19. Cold-water starts are the cheap ones.
Closing — deadline November 6
Hold the cover until October 27, then winterize by November 6, a week ahead of the November 19 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on Palmdale'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46° | 48° | 53° | 58° | 64° | 72° | 80° | 83° | 80° | 71° | 59° | 49° |
Warmest water typically July–September (peaking near 83°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Palmdale (0.8 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.