When to paint a house exterior in Alice, TX
When to paint in Alice, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is March to April, with 3 good months a year. The best month is March, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March to April, call for quotes in January or earlier; a job pushed past April is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 7Jan
- 9Feb
- 16Mar
- 13Apr
- 7May
- under 1Jun
- under 1Jul
- under 1Aug
- 3Sep
- 8Oct
- 15Nov
- 10Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 7 | 19 | 47° / 71°F |
| February | 9 | 8 | 18 | 50° / 76°F |
| March | 16 | 13 | 20 | 58° / 82°F |
| April | 13 | 11 | 15 | 64° / 87°F |
| May | 7 | 5 | 7 | 70° / 92°F |
| June | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 74° / 96°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 74° / 98°F |
| August | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 74° / 99°F |
| September | 3 | 2 | 3 | 72° / 94°F |
| October | 8 | 8 | 10 | 64° / 88°F |
| November | 15 | 15 | 20 | 56° / 79°F |
| December | 10 | 10 | 20 | 51° / 74°F |
Deck stain does best in November. Low-temperature paint adds about 45 days a year here.
Towns near Alice compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Ingleside (146 a year, 53 miles east). A gap like that between towns is usually elevation, a coast or a lake, which is why a painter from a few towns over can be on a different schedule.
| Place | From Alice | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsville, TX | 21 mi southeast | 87 | March to April | Kingsville Naval Air Station |
| Robstown, TX | 24 mi east | 109 | February to April | Nueces County Ariport |
| Portland, TX | 46 mi east | 90 | March to May | Corpus Christi International |
| Beeville, TX | 49 mi northeast | 94 | March to April | Beeville Municipal Airport |
| Ingleside, TX | 53 mi east | 146 | April to July | Mustang Beach Airport |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 55 mi east | 146 | April to July | Mustang Beach Airport |
How Alice ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Alice (population 17,595, 168th largest) ranks 141st for painting days, 2 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 220 miles northeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 45 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Alice International Airport (2.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.