Pool Water to Hot

by Nora

We have a 24' x 52" pool sunken down 22". Our challenge is trying to keep the water temperature below 90 degrees. Do you have any suggestions?
Too HOT to swim, Nora


Hi Nora. The way to cool an above ground pool is with the use an aerators or a fountain. Many aerators and fountains hook up directly to the return on your pool. These are easy to attach and will do a decent job of cooling the water in your pool. The fancier fountains also hook up to your return but the sit in the center of the pool and spray more water, so they are likely to do a better job of cooling the pool.

Some of these can be seen at the bottom of this page.

Above Ground Pool Accessorites

The idea behind these attachments is to run them at night. The water gets sprayed up into the cool night air, thus cooling off before it lands back into the pool. Doing this all night could lower your water temperature by at least ten degrees. That should make swimming a lot more comfortable. I have lived in Arizona for 40 plus years, we know a thing or two about staying cool. We swim at night and we also run our aerators all night.