What's your water temp?

[IkeRay]

72* ish, and since the next couple of days will be mid to high 80's, with nights at ~65*, hopefully we can creep up to the high 70's soon enough. next week we will be hitting a cold stretch of mid 70's with nights dipping into the low 50's...

 

[chem geek]

We finally got some warm weather (yesterday was in the high 80's air temp) and the solar heated the pool from the low 70's up to 80 over the past few days. So I fired up the gas last night and got it to 88 today (my wife uses the pool as a therapy pool mostly for in-place exercises plus some swimming) and we went in swimming for the first time. Yeah!!! It was SOOOO nice to get back into the water. Unfortunately, the weather will be cooling for a bit, but by the end of April we should be in full-swing to the swimming season.

My CYA was low so I bought some Dichlor and will use it as my chlorine source until the CYA gets to 30 ppm or so. The claim that Dichlor dissolves quickly isn't exactly accurate. When in granular form (tiny beads as opposed to powder) even pouring over a return flow still results in some beads settling on the bottom. I had to use a brush to mix them up. Maybe this depends on the brand -- I'm not sure why they just don't crush it into powder (maybe to prevent windy conditions from blowing it away from the pool?).

Richard

 

[randytsuch]

We finally got some warm weather (yesterday was in the high 80's air temp) and the solar heated the pool from the low 70's up to 80 over the past few days. So I fired up the gas last night and got it to 88 today (my wife uses the pool as a therapy pool mostly for in-place exercises plus some swimming) and we went in swimming for the first time. Yeah!!! It was SOOOO nice to get back into the water. Unfortunately, the weather will be cooling for a bit, but by the end of April we should be in full-swing to the swimming season.

My CYA was low so I bought some Dichlor and will use it as my chlorine source until the CYA gets to 30 ppm or so. The claim that Dichlor dissolves quickly isn't exactly accurate. When in granular form (tiny beads as opposed to powder) even pouring over a return flow still results in some beads settling on the bottom. I had to use a brush to mix them up. Maybe this depends on the brand -- I'm not sure why they just don't crush it into powder (maybe to prevent windy conditions from blowing it away from the pool?).

Richard

I thought I kept my pool warm. I think we are having the same heat wave down here in LA, it was in the high 80's yesterday, supposed to hit 90 today. I fired up the heater Friday, and the pool is around 85 right now, daughter and a couple of friends are swimming. In a month or so, I won't need the heater anymore.

Randy

 

[meatloaf]

Mine is up to 84.6*. I put the cover on last monday and the pool gained 10* in 6 days. I think my homemade solor heater helps. :lol:

 

[AnnaK]

57 F here in eastern PA. The forsythia have just started to bloom, it's still very cold at night.

AnnaK

 

[EskimoPie]

My pool temp was up to 101 a couple of days ago... of course our controller was on the fritz and the gas heater ran for 2 days... All is fixed now and we're back to our perfect 86 degrees.

 

[98xc600]

I'm at a cool 46 and climbing. :sun: I plan on hooking up the solar heater tomorrow.

 

[smuggs]

57 degrees in south jersey.....just opened on saturday! hope to use the spa this weekend!

 

[kirbinster]

Took the winter cover off yesterday, and the pool was a balmy 48 degrees. Hooked up my pair of 2' by 20' solar panels and she is up to a sweltering 50 degrees now.

 

[Butterfly]

63* today......and tonight, cold snap . This just doesn't feel like my SC in April.

 

[Guest]

its funny when VA is warmer than SC. was 75 here today. the pool is about 74. we had our first swim last saturday. even the new puppy joined us.

 

[Butterfly]

its funny when VA is warmer than SC. was 75 here today. the pool is about 74. we had our first swim last saturday. even the new puppy joined us.

RT, gimmie' back my weather!

 

[billyjoeraybob]

Mine was up to 73 last Friday. Then came the unusual April cold snap nights in the 30's. Can't wait for that magical 80!

 

[Butterfly]

68.5 ish yesterday :-D

 

[Valkyrie]

72-75

And wenst swimming on Tue and Wed. It was a bit brisk, but it was awesome.

 

[SeanB]

Pool was 84°F on Wednesday - and this time it wasn't because I accidentally left the heater on. :lol:

 

[Guest]

85 degrees here. Perfect for swimming!

 

[Guest]

78 here, first swim was aprial 12th at a toastly 68, but it felt good on our freak 90 degree day. we dont usually get to 90 air temp before june.

but i have found that closing late and opening early gave me two great things, a clear pool when we opened, and a quicker warm up period.

 

[chrisa]

we are in Ohio and we have had acouple warm days 70's and our water is a nice warm 82....
I LOVE our new heat pump!!! :-D
I ended up getting it from one of the dealers listed on TFP (awesome service)

all the neighbors thought we were crazy, when they heard the kids playing in the pool
the neighbor told my husband, that most people around here open their pools on or after Memorial Day

we have to get our swimming in now....we have decided to have the pool renovated in June (sand blasted, new plaster, tile, skimmer line, the works) it will probably be down for about 10 days

Chris

 

[Molson]

We opened on Monday the 21st, water was 55. Started the pump and solar wed night, temp now 59. Weather forcast is now cold for the week. but water is nice and clear!