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Valdosta Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
This is the one-page view of Valdosta'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.
Each dot on the bar is one week of Valdosta'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 27–March 20), solid teal is swim season, and hollow amber is the closing window ending November 20. The black marker is today — its position against the colors is the entire executive summary.
The Valdosta pool calendar
Opening — target March 6
Target March 6; the practical window runs February 27–March 20, and the 7-day mean crosses the 61°F threshold around March 20. Cold-water starts are the cheap ones.
Closing — deadline November 20
The window opens November 10 once water leaves the algae zone; the model deadline is November 20, a week ahead of the November 27 freeze normal.
Estimated water temperature by month
This is Valdosta'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52° | 52° | 58° | 64° | 70° | 77° | 81° | 81° | 80° | 74° | 64° | 56° |
Warmest water typically July–September (peaking near 81°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Valdosta 2 S (3.1 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.