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Pine Hills Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 25, 2026 · dates · water temp
This is the one-page view of Pine Hills'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.
Pine Hills, FL — 227 swim days a yearReading it takes ten seconds: 52 dots, one per week. Solid teal is Pine Hills's swim season; the hollow teal run before it (January 14 to February 4) is when to open; the hollow amber run after is when to close, with December 31 as the deadline; gray is the covered season. Today's marker shows where you stand in that cycle right now.
The Pine Hills 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 Pine Hills'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.
Every station tells its own story: compare this curve with Pensacola's pool season and Plantation's — neighboring normals stations can shift the windows by a week or more. The full ranking lives on the Florida season index.
Pine Hills pool season FAQ
When should I open my pool in Pine Hills, FL?
Target January 21. That date backs off two weeks from the day Pine Hills's 7-day mean temperature reaches 61°F, so you start up in cold, algae-resistant water. Work the full checklist in the Pine Hills opening guide.
When should I close my pool in Pine Hills?
The closing deadline is December 31 — late enough that the water has cooled out of the algae zone, early enough to beat Pine Hills's first-freeze normal by about a week. See the Pine Hills closing guide for the winterizing steps.
How long is the swim season in Pine Hills?
Pine Hills averages 227 days a year with normal highs of 80°F or better — right on the statewide median. The Florida season index ranks all 64 covered cities by the same metric.
How warm does pool water get in Pine Hills?
An unheated pool near Pine Hills typically peaks around 83°F in high summer and bottoms out near 60°F in winter, spending roughly 5 months at or above the 78°F comfort line most swimmers prefer. 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 Orlando W (6.9 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.