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Wichita Falls Pool Season: the Year on One Bar

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

Wichita Falls'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 Wichita Falls's swim season; the hollow teal run before it (March 18 to April 8) is when to open; the hollow amber run after is when to close, with November 2 as the deadline; gray is the covered season. Today's marker shows where you stand in that cycle right now.

The Wichita Falls pool calendar

March 25open by
November 2close by
15980°F+ days
85°Fwater peak

Opening — target March 25

Open by March 25 — a two-week head start on the April 8 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.

Full opening guide

Closing — deadline November 2

The window opens October 25 once water leaves the algae zone; the model deadline is November 2, a week ahead of the November 9 freeze normal.

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 Wichita Falls water runs about 42°F at its winter floor and 85°F at its summer peak.

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Estimated water temperature by month

This is Wichita Falls'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 Wichita Falls Municipal Airport — ±5°F, see methodology.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
42°44°51°59°67°77°83°85°80°70°58°47°

Warmest water typically July–September (peaking near 85°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.

Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Wichita Falls Municipal Airport (5.3 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.