When is the Best Time to Open Your Pool?

The last Saturday in April is National Pool Opening Day, but that is not necessarily when everyone opens their pools. Different regions tend to open their pools earlier or later, depending on the weather. While each year may vary, there are standard times when different areas tend to open their pools. Here are some approximate best times in different states to open your pool.

  • Early and mid-June: Montana, northern Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, northern New York, northern Vermont, northern New Hampshire and northern Maine
  • End of May: Eastern Idaho, northern Colorado, southern Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, SE Wisconsin, northern Michigan, southern Vermont, southern New Hampshire, mid New York and southern Maine
  • May 14th: NE Washington, NE Oregon, western Idaho, NE Nevada, Utah, Southern Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, southern Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, northern West Virginia and Pennsylvania, southern New York, Connecticut and Maryland
  • April 30th: Mid Washington, Mid Oregon, Western Nevada, Northern Arizona, Northern New Mexico, Oklahoma, Northern Mississippi, northern Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia
  • April 15th: Western Washington, Western Oregon, Eastern California, Southern Nevada, northern Texas, Louisiana, southern Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina
  • End of March: Mid California, Southern Arizona, Southern New Mexico, Texas, Florida and southern portion of Louisiana
  • Year-Round: Southern Florida, Texas and California

When it is time to open your pool, make it easy with a quick call to your local pool service. They can perform the cleaning, maintenance and needed service to get your pool ready for your opening day pool party and ensure it is ready for the swimming season ahead.

Posted on behalf of:
Somar Pools, LLC
6538 Collins Ave, #42
Miami Beach, FL 33141
(305) 767-7755

Opening Your Swimming Pool

It’s that time of year again when swimming pool owners across the country pull back the cover on their swimming pool and find out how much work they have to do to get the pool ready for summer.  If you closed the pool properly last fall and kept up with it over the winter, you should be OK.  If not, you may have a little more work to do this spring.

The first thing you have to do is to remove the cover.  Most people will have some dirty rainwater or melted snow in the cover mixed with leaves, pine needles, and other debris.  Carefully remove the debris and pump out the water.  If you have an older cover with holes that water can seep through, get as much of the dirty water out without forcing any into the pool or pumping out too much pool water.

Take the cover off being careful not to let any remaining water or debris fall into the pool.  Hopefully the water in the pool will be as clear as it was when you closed the pool last fall.  Remove plugs from all of the lines and turn the power on to the pump.

If necessary, fill the pool up to the proper level, start the pump, and check for any leaks that may have developed over the winter.  If all is well, let the pump run for  a few hours to circulate the water and then check the condition of the pool water.   Add any chemicals needed to bring it into the proper balance.

Once the pool is opened, regular pool maintenance will be needed to keep the water sparkling clear.  You can do it yourself or save yourself the trouble by hiring a good pool service.