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Shreveport Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
This is the one-page view of Shreveport'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 Shreveport's typical year, colored by what the model says that week is for: gray weeks are off-season, hollow teal marks the opening window (March 3–March 24), solid teal is swim season, and hollow amber is the closing window ending November 11. The black marker is today — its position against the colors is the entire executive summary.
The Shreveport pool calendar
Opening — target March 10
Open by March 10 — a two-week head start on the March 24 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline November 11
The window opens November 1 once water leaves the algae zone; the model deadline is November 11, a week ahead of the November 18 freeze normal.
Estimated water temperature by month
This is Shreveport'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48° | 49° | 56° | 63° | 70° | 78° | 83° | 84° | 82° | 73° | 61° | 52° |
Warmest water typically June–September (peaking near 84°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Shreveport (2.9 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.