Pool season · New Mexico
Albuquerque Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
This is the one-page view of Albuquerque'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.
The bar compresses Albuquerque's whole pool year into one lane rope: gray floats for the off-season, hollow teal for the April 15–May 6 opening window, solid teal for swim weeks, hollow amber for the closing stretch that ends October 13. Wherever the today marker sits, the nearest color change is your next appointment.
The Albuquerque pool calendar
Opening — target April 22
Target April 22; the practical window runs April 15–May 6, and the 7-day mean crosses the 61°F threshold around May 6. Cold-water starts are the cheap ones.
Closing — deadline October 13
Hold the cover until October 6, then winterize by October 13, a week ahead of the October 20 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on Albuquerque'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35° | 39° | 45° | 54° | 60° | 70° | 77° | 77° | 72° | 63° | 50° | 38° |
The curve peaks near 78°F — comfortable-water months here usually involve a heater or a solar cover.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Rio Grande Nature Center (2.7 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.