Kansas Pool Season: Opening & Closing Dates by City

Local dates for every featured Kansas city — when the water warms up, when it cools off, and how long the season actually lasts.

City Opening window Closing window Season
Wichita May 1 – May 19 Sep 24 – Oct 8 ≈ 144 days
Topeka May 6 – May 25 Sep 16 – Oct 2 ≈ 132 days

Windows show the stretch when each city's daily average passes through the low-to-mid 60s°F (1991–2020 NOAA records, nearest station to each city). Click a city for its month-by-month table and full season notes.

Season geography

Across Kansas's featured cities, typical openings spread from May 10 to May 15, closings from Sep 24 to Oct 1, and the unheated season runs 132–144 days depending on where you are. Elevation, coastal water, and urban heat all pull real dates around, which is exactly why a state-level answer isn't enough.

For your exact town, the pool season lookup takes a ZIP code. Opening day itself is a chemistry job — the dosing calculator turns your first test reading of the year into exact amounts.