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St. Cloud Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
This is the one-page view of St. Cloud'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 St. Cloud's whole pool year into one lane rope: gray floats for the off-season, hollow teal for the January 12–February 2 opening window, solid teal for swim weeks, hollow amber for the closing stretch that ends December 30. Wherever the today marker sits, the nearest color change is your next appointment.
The St. Cloud pool calendar
Opening — target January 19
Open by January 19 — a two-week head start on the February 2 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline December 30
The window opens December 25 once water leaves the algae zone; the model deadline is December 30, a week ahead of the January 6 freeze normal.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on St. Cloud'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° | 64° | 69° | 74° | 79° | 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 St. Cloud hits the closing window
Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Kissimmee 2 (9.3 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.