Pool season · South Carolina
Beaufort Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
One bar, one year, one Beaufort pool. The season bar below draws everything the model knows — opening window, prime season, closing window — against today's date, with the working details one click away on the opening and closing pages.
Each dot on the bar is one week of Beaufort'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 4–March 25), solid teal is swim season, and hollow amber is the closing window ending November 17. The black marker is today — its position against the colors is the entire executive summary.
The Beaufort pool calendar
Opening — target March 11
Open by March 11 — a two-week head start on the March 25 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline November 17
The window opens November 7 once water leaves the algae zone; the model deadline is November 17, a week ahead of the December 3 freeze normal.
Estimated water temperature by month
This is Beaufort'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51° | 51° | 57° | 63° | 71° | 78° | 82° | 83° | 80° | 73° | 63° | 55° |
Warmest water typically June–September (peaking near 83°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Beaufort Mcas (1.7 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.