Pool season · New Jersey
Clifton Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
This is the one-page view of Clifton'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 Clifton's typical year, colored by what the model says that week is for: gray weeks are off-season, hollow teal marks the opening window (April 23–May 14), solid teal is swim season, and hollow amber is the closing window ending October 8. The black marker is today — its position against the colors is the entire executive summary.
The Clifton pool calendar
Opening — target April 30
Open by April 30 — a two-week head start on the May 14 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline October 8
The window opens September 28 once water leaves the algae zone; the model deadline is October 8, a week ahead of the October 28 freeze normal.
Estimated water temperature by month
This is Clifton'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32° | 30° | 36° | 46° | 57° | 67° | 75° | 75° | 71° | 60° | 49° | 39° |
The curve peaks near 76°F — comfortable-water months here usually involve a heater or a solar cover.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Little Falls (3.9 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.