New Mexico Pool Season: Opening & Closing Dates by City

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

City Opening window Closing window Season
Albuquerque May 2 – May 21 Sep 21 – Oct 6 ≈ 140 days
Santa Fe May 30 – Jun 23 Aug 18 – Sep 15 ≈ 85 days
Las Cruces Apr 15 – May 6 Oct 4 – Oct 21 ≈ 170 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 Mexico's featured cities, typical openings spread from Apr 25 to Jun 8, closings from Sep 1 to Oct 13, and the unheated season runs 85–170 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.

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