Pool season · Virginia
Norfolk Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
One bar, one year, one Norfolk 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 Norfolk'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 31–April 21), solid teal is swim season, and hollow amber is the closing window ending October 28. The black marker is today — its position against the colors is the entire executive summary.
The Norfolk pool calendar
Opening — target April 7
Open by April 7 — a two-week head start on the April 21 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline October 28
The window opens October 18 once water leaves the algae zone; the model deadline is October 28, a week ahead of the November 16 freeze normal.
Estimated water temperature by month
This is Norfolk'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42° | 41° | 46° | 55° | 64° | 71° | 78° | 79° | 75° | 67° | 56° | 47° |
Warmest water typically July–August (peaking near 79°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Norfolk S (2.4 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.