Pool season · Louisiana
New Orleans Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
New Orleans'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.
The bar compresses New Orleans's whole pool year into one lane rope: gray floats for the off-season, hollow teal for the February 8–March 1 opening window, solid teal for swim weeks, hollow amber for the closing stretch that ends December 2. Wherever the today marker sits, the nearest color change is your next appointment.
The New Orleans pool calendar
Opening — target February 15
Open by February 15 — a two-week head start on the March 1 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline December 2
The window opens November 22 once water leaves the algae zone; the model deadline is December 2, a week ahead of the January 5 freeze normal.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on New Orleans'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54° | 56° | 61° | 68° | 74° | 81° | 84° | 85° | 84° | 77° | 67° | 59° |
Warmest water typically June–September (peaking near 85°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via New Orleans Lakefront Airport (6.2 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.