Northern NJ, Pool 84, Spa 98...Air 52.....Leaves haven't started falling yet, pool still open. Kids in all afternoon yesterday....more today and tomorrow as Indian Summer continues....

North Central Texas, Pool 73, Air 85-90. We are still swimming but it is pretty chilly!!! This is our first year with our pool, so I'm not sure when most people stop swimming. We won't be able to swim too much longer I'm afraid.

jimbar, I can't believe how high your water temp is. That's great. Have you kept it that warm since summer ended? How do you maintain that temp with the cool nights?

Our pool is still open but we haven't heated it in weeks. Our water temp is a whopping 64 in Western NJ.

Last weekend pool was 81. Today it is 70 :( Swim time is over in Phoenix

SLC- Turned our heater down to 70 but after the snowfall last night, I think we're done till spring. :(

Put the 400,000 BTU heater on Friday AM, water was 65 degrees. By 10PM was was 75 degrees. We get about a degree and hour. Maintained 75 overnight and pushed it up to 80 Sat AM. By 3PM on Saturday water was up to 80 degrees and the kids were in. Maintained it 82 degrees overnight and bumped it up to 84 at 6AM and here we are, the kids are having friends later this afternoon and tonight, no school tomorrow! I'm going in the hot tub in 5 minutes before the kids get here....Will likely give up heating the pool come Tuesday, but won't close the pool until the leaves start giving me fits. We go in the spa every night...when the water is in the 60's it takes about an hour+ to heat up, but it's worth it.

Las Vegas here, we're done. Air temp yesterday was 56, last Sat it was over 90 and the pool was still a warm 88 using the solar blanket. Left the solar blanket off and pool is now down to 74 this week brrrr We had a great warm Sept tho and I think this was the first year we swam in Oct in 16 years. Love that clear solar blanket.

Jimbar -

Is this your first season w/the pool? curious what your gas bills are?

Aceman

Water temp is 75. Air temp is fluctuating between cool mornings of 65 to hot afternoons of 85, so the water can't really heat up enough.

Kids and friends are still swimming (though much less frequently), I'm pretty much done!

Water at 75-76 degrees here... I need more solar rings. Kids don't get in when the pool is less than 80. I need at least 82.

Its amazing how cold it got and so quickly. However, they say that Alaska is on record for having the coldest October in over 100+ years. Since they are pumping the oil out of the ground up there, they are suffering from global cooling.

North Central TX, my (probably) last swim was week before last with the water at 75. Kids swam for about an hour yesterday in 73 degree water. This would be a good time of year to have a solar cover- 4 or 5 degrees warmer would make it much more comfortable!

It's our 2nd year with the pool.

We are on a monthly budget plan with NJ Natural Gas(they bill me previous 6 months average/6) and we pay about $350 per month. Expect this to go down slightly with next cycle as gas prices fall.

We heat the spa almost every night in the summer and only heat the pool for weekends in May and October if needed. We are lucky our pool is in the sun from early morning until late afternoon in the summer, so it's always warn enough. Of course we heat the house with gas from November until around mid April. Also have gas water heater, dryer and stove.

Kids are in the pool and spa right now with their friends.

My philosophy...Paying high gas and electric bills so your kids can have a blast with their friends........priceless........

Ok taking it back, kids and neighbor swam in the pool today at 76 on a sunless, cool, windy day...I don't know how...but they did.

83 and holding with the heat pumps.
I went out back earlier for a cigarette and thought about diving in, but grabbed a cold beer instead, LOL!!!
Most of my pools are now in the high 70's to low 80's.
This is a great time of year in the Gulf Coast areas.
Catch the water at your favorite temp and let your heater maintain it. Although it costs, it isn't nearly as expensive as a heat from cold to swimmable at Christmas time. I usually run the heat pumps until the Sunday after Thanksgiving before turning them off. As the outside temps drop, my pool, very large, becomes cost prohibitive to keep heated into the real winter.
Right now is a good time of year to swim in the low 80's.
On sunny afternoons it feels cool for a few minutes, but on a cool evening it feels very warm indeed.

See Ya,
Kelly

64 degrees. I have to admit, I don't stay in too long this time of the year. I sure feels good when you get out and dry off - kind of an all over tingly feeling. Of course, the wife thinks I'm nuts ..... and I always agree with my wife. :-)

Joe

Here is a link that might be useful:

You would think here in Phoenix that the hot days would keep the water warm, but our nights in the low desert are in the low 40's, so the pool is way too cold anymore. I don't know what the exact temp is, but when I stepped on the top step today my feet told me "NO!".

"I sure feels good" Oops! That should read "It sure feels good" I thought I caught and corrected that when I previewed it prior to posting.

Poorproofreaderjoe

Here in Gulf Coast central Florida the pool is currently 86 degrees and will hit at least 88 degrees by late afternoon. We have a pool cage, large trees and a neighbor's house that all create shade on the pool but it is offset by the solar!

My brother's pool is a few miles from here and has similar orientation and conditions, but is much cooler - no solar!

I'm in Central Texas. I have been using the clear solar cover consistently and swam with my son yesterday in 87 degree water, with no heater. Air was 77 with overcast skies when we got in and about 84 and sunny when we got out. The cover seems to be doing the trick right now, I just don't know how long it will keep up...