What’s your water temp - Spring 2024 edition

[kellyfair]

Hello all! I checked and didn’t see a post anywhere, so hopefully I’m not retreading old ground!

It’s that time of year when I start watching the thermometer to see when the pool is habitable - for me, it needs to be 86 degrees or higher (and 86 feels a bit chilly)! I’m at 78 right now, which is a big nope, but we have several sunny, hot days ahead of us, so hoping for a quick warming.

What’s your minimum temp before you’ll jump in, and what is your water temp today?

 

[superdave5599]

Yesterday I saw 71. When I opened two weeks ago, it was about 52. We've got a couple more days of warm weather before a few days of a cool front. So I imagine it'll still be a while before I really want to get in. I'd say my low temp would be 78-ish or so.

 

[V___25]

{{jealousy}}

I'll get in at 78! I'd prefer 80 but we won't get there until July if we're lucky.
Right now, it's still too cold to even take the cover off.

 

[kellyfair]

78 makes my lips turn blue!

 

[sande005]

Uncovered it yesterday. Today it is still a might chilly at 40....

 

[Boat Drinks 74]

I'm at 76 today with an air temp in the low to mid 80"s. I'm expecting the pool to get near 80 this week before a cold front knocks it back down over the weekend. The kids got in this past weekend. No go for me!

 

[ajw22]

Water temp 52F in NJ. Air temp 65F at noon.

 

[JJ_Tex]

72 is the water temp. Lots of 80's in the forecast so hopefully that will warm up the pool. The kids will get in at 80, but I need it to be 82 or above, so I may need to heat it a bit if we want to swim before May.

 

[Newdude]

Welcome BACK Kelly !!!

I can do 60 and acclimate to it reasonably quick, but I probably won't have a long swim even though it's tolerable.

68 is where it's brisk yet still refreshing and the sweet spot is in the 70s. 80+ starts to become a bath.

I'm hovering around 60 at the moment, still being early.

 

[kellyfair]

Ah yes, the voice from the frozen tundra!

 

[BMerrill]

Pool is 74° here in eastern North Carolina.

 

[blazer58]

Pool is about 54
I like 84-86
Everyone else prefers 82/83
We will start heating pool as needed as soon as it’s around 70

 

[generessler]

Haha. My wife and I take a daily dip when it's 53F or higher. Here in NC, that's roughly 1 April through 1 December. Yeah. It can be pretty brisk. Gotta feel yourself living . Currently 63. Toasty.

 

[Turbo1Ton]

Currently water temp is 73 here. Air temps have been getting into the mid 80's.

I did heat it this weekend to 88, so that I could get in to change the pool lights. The water was not bad but we had so much wind that as soon as any wet skin was exposed I was freezing.

Depending on air temps, I usually want it in the low to mid 80's. Any higher becomes bathwater.

Also, depending on how much of a sweat I've worked up, I've been known to jump in when it's in the upper 60's to low 70's, just to cool off so I can keep working.

--Jeff

 

[SJPoe]

My wife won't even entertain a swim at anything less than 82. 85 is preferred, especially until the air temps are consistently in the upper 70s.

I saw a Air/Water Temp comfort chart once, but have never been able to find it again.

 

[dfwnoob]

Ignore the air temp, the probe is sitting in the sun. It's about 84 out.

 

[AUSpool]

I was in yesterday at 82, I could maybe do 80 after cutting grass for a quick dip. 80 is refreshing… 84-86 is comfortable. But 89-90 is too much, it’s funny how a small change makes such a difference.

 

[Holydoc]

74 here in the Florida Panhandle. We have been swimming about every day since the water went to 73 degrees. It is very cold getting in but you adjust pretty quick. We only stay in for about 1 hour. Once it gets into the 80's we will be able to spend the whole weekends just floating around.

 

[salty87]

75 in central TX. I'm usually in by now. Refreshing is more comfortable than warm for me. When I was much younger I was on swim teams and temps were rarely above cool so that's what I'm used to. The Mrs won't even consider it until mid 80s.

 

[colonelkirby]

73 in DFW