When to paint a house exterior in Bay St. Louis, MS
When to paint in Bay St. Louis, MS
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is April to May, with 3 good months a year. The best month is October, at about 21 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April to May, call for quotes in February or earlier; a job pushed past May is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 4Feb
- 10Mar
- 15Apr
- 19May
- 7Jun
- 3Jul
- 3Aug
- 10Sep
- 21Oct
- 8Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 10 | 43° / 63°F |
| February | 4 | 3 | 10 | 49° / 68°F |
| March | 10 | 8 | 16 | 56° / 74°F |
| April | 15 | 12 | 18 | 60° / 78°F |
| May | 19 | 14 | 19 | 68° / 85°F |
| June | 7 | 4 | 7 | 74° / 90°F |
| July | 3 | 1 | 3 | 76° / 92°F |
| August | 3 | under 1 | 3 | 76° / 92°F |
| September | 10 | 9 | 10 | 72° / 89°F |
| October | 21 | 19 | 23 | 62° / 82°F |
| November | 8 | 8 | 18 | 52° / 73°F |
| December | 3 | 2 | 11 | 49° / 67°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 44 days a year here.
Towns near Bay St. Louis compared
2 get fewer, down to 90 a year. 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. Long Beach, Gulfport are read from the same station as Bay St. Louis, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Bay St. Louis | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach, MS | 12 mi east | 104 | April to May | same station |
| Gulfport, MS | 19 mi east | 104 | April to May | same station |
| Picayune, MS | 23 mi northwest | 90 | April to May | Slidell Airport |
| Slidell, LA | 25 mi west | 90 | April to May | Slidell Airport |
| Biloxi, MS | 26 mi east | 106 | April to May | Keesler Air Force Base |
| D'Iberville, MS | 29 mi east | 106 | April to May | Keesler Air Force Base |
How Bay St. Louis ranks in MS
Of 41 MS places with 10,000 people or more, Bay St. Louis (population 10,526, 40th largest) ranks 10th for painting days, 17 days above the state median of 87. The longest season in the state is Oxford, 135 days, 278 miles north. The shortest is Tupelo at 61. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 44 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (17.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.