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The Villages Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
One bar, one year, one The Villages 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.
Reading it takes ten seconds: 52 dots, one per week. Solid teal is The Villages'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 The Villages 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 23, 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 The Villages'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60° | 61° | 65° | 70° | 75° | 80° | 83° | 83° | 83° | 79° | 71° | 65° |
Warmest water typically June–October (peaking near 84°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Leesburg Municipal Airport (12.2 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.