Pool swim season in Olive Branch, MS

Swim season in Olive Branch without a heater, and with one

An unheated pool in Olive Branch reaches 78°F in Jun to Sep, about 4 months a year. The air allows up to 7 swimmable months with a heater (Apr to Oct).

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Heater options for a Olive Branch pool, side by side

For a 450 sq ft pool held at 80°F, at MS prices of 15.1¢/kWh electricity and $17/Mcf gas. All-in spreads the purchase over the equipment's life.

The cheapest way to the full season in Olive Branch

Solar panels + cover: 6 of 7 possible months for about $283 a year all-in, which works out near $142 for each month it adds.

A solar cover alone adds no swim months here, so if you want a longer season you need a heater (why); still use one at night to hold the heat you pay for. 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: Olive Branch, 0.7 mi away (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). Water temperature is estimated from air and sunshine, not measured.

Olive Branch month by month: air, sun and pool water

Heating costs most in Apr (about $134 with a heat pump, $284 with gas). Sunshine peaks in Jun at 6.5 kWh/m²/day (NASA satellite data, 59.5 km grid cell). Highlighted months are swimmable with no heater.

How Olive Branch compares with nearby cities

Olive Branch ranks 29 of 41 Mississippi cities for unheated swim months, and no nearby city gets a longer unheated season.