Pool swim season in Bel Aire, KS

Swim season in Bel Aire without a heater, and with one

An unheated pool in Bel Aire reaches 78°F in Jul to Aug, about 2 months a year. The air allows up to 6 swimmable months with a heater (May to Oct).

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What each heater buys you in Bel Aire

For a 450 sq ft pool held at 80°F, at KS prices of 15.3¢/kWh electricity and $15/Mcf gas. All-in spreads the purchase over the equipment's life.

The cheapest way to the full season in Bel Aire

Solar panels + cover: 5 of 6 possible months for about $283 a year all-in, which works out near $94 for each month it adds.

Before you pay for any heater, buy a solar cover: on its own it adds 2 months here for about $50 a year (why a cover comes first). If you get quotes, ask for a heat pump sized to your pool's surface area; here it beats gas all-in (heat pump or gas).

Weather station: Wichita Colonel James Jabara A, 2.4 mi away (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). Water temperature is estimated from air and sunshine, not measured.

Bel Aire month by month: air, sun and pool water

Heating costs most in May (about $85 with a heat pump, $168 with gas). Sunshine peaks in Jun at 6.9 kWh/m²/day (NASA satellite data, 37.9 km grid cell). Highlighted months are swimmable with no heater.

How Bel Aire compares with nearby cities

Bel Aire ranks 10 of 38 Kansas cities for unheated swim months, and no nearby city gets a longer unheated season.