New Hampshire Pool Season: Opening & Closing Dates by City

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

City Opening window Closing window Season
Manchester Jun 3 – Jun 28 Aug 22 – Sep 16 ≈ 83 days
Concord Jun 2 – Jun 28 Aug 21 – Sep 13 ≈ 81 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 New Hampshire's featured cities, typical openings spread from Jun 12 to Jun 12, closings from Sep 1 to Sep 3, and the unheated season runs 81–83 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.