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Abilene Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
Abilene'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 Abilene's swim season; the hollow teal run before it (March 5 to March 26) is when to open; the hollow amber run after is when to close, with November 3 as the deadline; gray is the covered season. Today's marker shows where you stand in that cycle right now.
The Abilene pool calendar
Opening — target March 12
Open by March 12 — a two-week head start on the March 26 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline November 3
Hold the cover until October 31, then winterize by November 3, a week ahead of the November 10 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on Abilene'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46° | 48° | 54° | 63° | 70° | 79° | 83° | 85° | 81° | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Warmest water typically June–September (peaking near 86°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Abilene Regional Airport (4.5 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.