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Fort Lauderdale Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
No opening date, no closing deadline: Fort Lauderdale's season bar below is one long swim window with a comfort gradient. The spring refresh and winter care pages hold the practical checklists for a pool that never sleeps; this page is the dashboard that says which of them applies today.
One color, 52 dots: Fort Lauderdale's bar has no gray because the model never finds a week that forces a closing. Use the monthly water estimates below instead — the swing from 68°F to 84°F is what actually shapes swimming and maintenance here, from heater decisions at the cool end to sanitizer demand across the 259 days of genuine summer.
The Fort Lauderdale pool calendar
Spring refresh
No forced dates: the 7-day mean never leaves the swim-viable range (floor 67.8°F). Spring refresh and winter care replace opening and closing.
Winter care
The model finds no closing week in Fort Lauderdale — maintenance is continuous, with a 259-day prime stretch of 80°F+ afternoons.
Estimated water temperature by month
This is Fort Lauderdale'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69° | 69° | 71° | 74° | 78° | 81° | 83° | 84° | 84° | 82° | 77° | 73° |
Warmest water typically May–October (peaking near 84°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Ft Lauderdale Beach (2.5 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.