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Virginia Beach Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
This is the one-page view of Virginia Beach'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.
Reading it takes ten seconds: 52 dots, one per week. Solid teal is Virginia Beach's swim season; the hollow teal run before it (March 24 to April 14) is when to open; the hollow amber run after is when to close, with November 5 as the deadline; gray is the covered season. Today's marker shows where you stand in that cycle right now.
The Virginia Beach pool calendar
Opening — target March 31
Open by March 31 — a two-week head start on the April 14 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline November 5
Hold the cover until October 26, then winterize by November 5, a week ahead of the November 18 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.
Estimated water temperature by month
Monthly averages of the site's water model run on Virginia Beach'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45° | 45° | 49° | 57° | 67° | 75° | 82° | 81° | 78° | 70° | 59° | 50° |
Warmest water typically July–September (peaking near 83°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Fentress Naas (5.8 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.