When to paint a house exterior in Amarillo, TX
When to paint in Amarillo, TX
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May to June, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 11 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 7May
- 6Jun
- 2Jul
- 4Aug
- 11Sep
- 5Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 24° / 56°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 25° / 61°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 11 | 34° / 70°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 19 | 41° / 76°F |
| May | 7 | 4 | 14 | 51° / 83°F |
| June | 6 | 3 | 6 | 62° / 92°F |
| July | 2 | 2 | 2 | 66° / 96°F |
| August | 4 | 1 | 4 | 65° / 95°F |
| September | 11 | 10 | 12 | 59° / 89°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 19 | 45° / 78°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 11 | 34° / 66°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 27° / 59°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 69 days a year here.
Towns near Amarillo compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Pampa (62 a year, 54 miles northeast). 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. Canyon is read from the same station as Amarillo, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Amarillo | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon, TX | 15 mi south | 41 | May to June | same station |
| Borger, TX | 40 mi northeast | 57 | April to May | Hutchinson County Airport |
| Hereford, TX | 41 mi southwest | 39 | September | Hereford Municipal Airport |
| Dumas, TX | 46 mi north | 46 | May to June | Moore County Airport |
| Pampa, TX | 54 mi northeast | 62 | April to June | Perry Lefors Field Airport |
| Plainview, TX | 70 mi south | 55 | September | Hale County Airport |
How Amarillo ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Amarillo (population 203,729, 17th largest) ranks 249th for painting days, 48 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 546 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 69 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Amarillo Rick Husband International Airport (7.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.