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Fort Worth Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
This is the one-page view of Fort Worth'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 Fort Worth's whole pool year into one lane rope: gray floats for the off-season, hollow teal for the February 28–March 21 opening window, solid teal for swim weeks, hollow amber for the closing stretch that ends November 14. Wherever the today marker sits, the nearest color change is your next appointment.
The Fort Worth pool calendar
Opening — target March 7
Open by March 7 — a two-week head start on the March 21 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline November 14
The window opens November 4 once water leaves the algae zone; the model deadline is November 14, a week ahead of the November 24 freeze normal.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on Fort Worth'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48° | 50° | 56° | 64° | 71° | 80° | 84° | 87° | 83° | 74° | 62° | 52° |
Warmest water typically June–September (peaking near 87°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
Email me when Fort Worth hits the closing window
Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Ft Worth Meacham Field Naaf (2.4 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.