Pool season · Michigan
Sterling Heights Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
Sterling Heights'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 Sterling Heights's swim season; the hollow teal run before it (May 6 to May 27) is when to open; the hollow amber run after is when to close, with October 1 as the deadline; gray is the covered season. Today's marker shows where you stand in that cycle right now.
The Sterling Heights pool calendar
Opening — target May 13
Open by May 13 — a two-week head start on the May 27 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline October 1
Hold the cover until September 21, then winterize by October 1, a week ahead of the October 24 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.
Estimated water temperature by month
This is Sterling Heights'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27° | 25° | 31° | 41° | 52° | 63° | 71° | 71° | 67° | 57° | 45° | 35° |
The curve peaks near 72°F — comfortable-water months here usually involve a heater or a solar cover.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Mt Clemens Ang Base (10.9 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.