Pool season · Indiana
South Bend Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
South Bend'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 South Bend's swim season; the hollow teal run before it (April 28 to May 19) is when to open; the hollow amber run after is when to close, with October 6 as the deadline; gray is the covered season. Today's marker shows where you stand in that cycle right now.
The South Bend pool calendar
Opening — target May 5
Open by May 5 — a two-week head start on the May 19 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline October 6
The window opens September 26 once water leaves the algae zone; the model deadline is October 6, a week ahead of the October 23 freeze normal.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on South Bend'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26° | 25° | 32° | 44° | 55° | 66° | 72° | 73° | 68° | 59° | 45° | 35° |
The curve peaks near 73°F — comfortable-water months here usually involve a heater or a solar cover.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via S Bend (2.0 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.