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Pensacola Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
One bar, one year, one Pensacola 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.
Each dot on the bar is one week of Pensacola's typical year, colored by what the model says that week is for: gray weeks are off-season, hollow teal marks the opening window (February 16–March 9), solid teal is swim season, and hollow amber is the closing window ending November 26. The black marker is today — its position against the colors is the entire executive summary.
The Pensacola pool calendar
Opening — target February 23
Target February 23; the practical window runs February 16–March 9, and the 7-day mean crosses the 61°F threshold around March 9. Cold-water starts are the cheap ones.
Closing — deadline November 26
Hold the cover until November 16, then winterize by November 26, a week ahead of the December 9 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.
Estimated water temperature by month
This is Pensacola'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54° | 55° | 60° | 66° | 72° | 80° | 83° | 83° | 82° | 76° | 66° | 58° |
Warmest water typically June–September (peaking near 84°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Pensacola Regional Airport (2.5 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.