When to paint a house exterior in Baytown, TX
When to paint in Baytown, TX
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is March to May, with 6 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 28 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March to May, call for quotes in January 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 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 7Jan
- 10Feb
- 22Mar
- 26Apr
- 28May
- 11Jun
- 2Jul
- 3Aug
- 14Sep
- 26Oct
- 19Nov
- 9Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 7 | 24 | 46° / 64°F |
| February | 10 | 7 | 21 | 52° / 69°F |
| March | 22 | 19 | 26 | 59° / 75°F |
| April | 26 | 26 | 27 | 63° / 79°F |
| May | 28 | 28 | 28 | 71° / 86°F |
| June | 11 | 10 | 11 | 77° / 92°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 2 | 79° / 94°F |
| August | 3 | 2 | 3 | 79° / 95°F |
| September | 14 | 11 | 14 | 74° / 90°F |
| October | 26 | 25 | 27 | 66° / 83°F |
| November | 19 | 19 | 26 | 57° / 74°F |
| December | 9 | 9 | 22 | 51° / 68°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.
Towns near Baytown compared
1 gets fewer, down to 109 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. Mont Belvieu, La Porte, Deer Park, Seabrook, Pasadena are read from the same station as Baytown, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Baytown | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Belvieu, TX | 8 mi northeast | 177 | March to May | same station |
| La Porte, TX | 8 mi southwest | 177 | March to May | same station |
| Deer Park, TX | 10 mi southwest | 177 | March to May | same station |
| Seabrook, TX | 12 mi south | 177 | March to May | same station |
| Pasadena, TX | 13 mi southwest | 177 | March to May | same station |
| Galena Park, TX | 16 mi west | 109 | March to May | William P. Hobby Airport |
How Baytown ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Baytown (population 86,004, 49th largest) ranks 2nd for painting days, 88 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 13 miles southwest. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 53 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Ellington Field Airport (15.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.