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Murfreesboro Pool Season: the Year on One Bar

Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp

Murfreesboro'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.

J F M A M J J A S O N D today (build date)

off-season opening window swim season closing window

Reading it takes ten seconds: 52 dots, one per week. Solid teal is Murfreesboro's swim season; the hollow teal run before it (April 4 to April 25) is when to open; the hollow amber run after is when to close, with October 20 as the deadline; gray is the covered season. Today's marker shows where you stand in that cycle right now.

The Murfreesboro pool calendar

April 11open by
October 20close by
13180°F+ days
79°Fwater peak

Opening — target April 11

Target April 11; the practical window runs April 4–April 25, and the 7-day mean crosses the 61°F threshold around April 25. Cold-water starts are the cheap ones.

Full opening guide

Closing — deadline October 20

Hold the cover until October 13, then winterize by October 20, a week ahead of the October 27 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.

Full closing guide

Where the water sits today

SEASONAL VIEW

Estimated unheated pool water temp (site model, ±5°F). The live estimate loads in your browser from Open-Meteo air temperatures; in a typical year Murfreesboro water runs about 38°F at its winter floor and 79°F at its summer peak.

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Estimated water temperature by month

This is Murfreesboro'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.

Site-model seasonal water estimates for an unheated in-ground pool near Murfreesboro 5 N — ±5°F, see methodology.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
39°39°46°54°63°72°78°79°75°66°54°44°

Warmest water typically July–August (peaking near 79°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.

Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Murfreesboro 5 N (5.4 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.