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Atlanta Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
Atlanta's whole pool calendar, condensed: when the water warms, when it cools, and where today falls between those edges. Use the opening guide and closing guide for the step-by-step work; keep this page for the dates.
Reading it takes ten seconds: 52 dots, one per week. Solid teal is Atlanta's swim season; the hollow teal run before it (March 23 to April 13) is when to open; the hollow amber run after is when to close, with October 30 as the deadline; gray is the covered season. Today's marker shows where you stand in that cycle right now.
The Atlanta pool calendar
Opening — target March 30
Target March 30; the practical window runs March 23–April 13, and the 7-day mean crosses the 61°F threshold around April 13. Cold-water starts are the cheap ones.
Closing — deadline October 30
Hold the cover until October 20, then winterize by October 30, a week ahead of the November 8 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on Atlanta'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44° | 45° | 51° | 58° | 66° | 74° | 79° | 80° | 77° | 68° | 57° | 49° |
Warmest water typically July–August (peaking near 80°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Atlanta Fulton Co Airport (5.8 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.