A heated pool can triple your comfortable swim season.
The chart below shows seasonal average temperatures for Sarasota and Manatee pools.The reality is that a screened pool is only 80°F or warmer for about three months. Screened pools near the coast and in urban surroundings will be the warmest, possibly reaching 83–85°F between the last week of July through the first week in September.
Open pools are usually a few degrees warmer than screened pools because the pool surface receives more direct solar energy. An open pool may stay above 80°F for over four months.
With a fairly typical residential swimming pool, patio deck and screen enclosure now running between $30,000 and $50,000, it makes no sense to enjoy your pool for three months. Especially when Florida’s climate offers nine months or more of great outdoor weather.
Still, even if you never go near your pool during the winter, a pool heater can triple your comfortable swim season, by letting you enjoy swimming on those wonderful spring and fall days when the weather is beautiful but your pool is just too nippy.
Does it make sense to increase your pool investment by 10 to 15 percent if it allows you to get 300 percent more use and enjoyment out of your pool?