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Horizon West Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
This is the one-page view of Horizon West'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 Horizon West's whole pool year into one lane rope: gray floats for the off-season, hollow teal for the January 14–February 4 opening window, solid teal for swim weeks, hollow amber for the closing stretch that ends December 31. Wherever the today marker sits, the nearest color change is your next appointment.
The Horizon West pool calendar
Opening — target January 21
Target January 21; the practical window runs January 14–February 4, and the 7-day mean crosses the 61°F threshold around February 4. Cold-water starts are the cheap ones.
Closing — deadline December 31
Hold the cover until December 27, then winterize by December 31, a week ahead of the January 9 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on Horizon West'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61° | 61° | 65° | 69° | 75° | 80° | 82° | 83° | 82° | 79° | 71° | 65° |
Warmest water typically June–October (peaking near 83°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
Email me when Horizon West hits the closing window
Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Orlando W (6.2 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.