When to paint a house exterior in Bonham, TX
When to paint in Bonham, TX
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 17 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, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 4Feb
- 9Mar
- 14Apr
- 16May
- 6Jun
- 3Jul
- 3Aug
- 10Sep
- 17Oct
- 8Nov
- 4Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 9 | 35° / 56°F |
| February | 4 | 4 | 12 | 39° / 60°F |
| March | 9 | 9 | 19 | 48° / 69°F |
| April | 14 | 14 | 21 | 53° / 75°F |
| May | 16 | 15 | 18 | 62° / 82°F |
| June | 6 | 4 | 6 | 71° / 91°F |
| July | 3 | 3 | 3 | 75° / 96°F |
| August | 3 | 2 | 3 | 74° / 96°F |
| September | 10 | 10 | 10 | 68° / 90°F |
| October | 17 | 17 | 21 | 57° / 79°F |
| November | 8 | 8 | 18 | 47° / 67°F |
| December | 4 | 4 | 14 | 40° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 59 days a year here.
Towns near Bonham compared
3 get fewer, down to 81 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. Sherman, Denison, Durant are read from the same station as Bonham, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Bonham | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman, TX | 25 mi west | 95 | April to May | same station |
| Denison, TX | 26 mi northwest | 95 | April to May | same station |
| Anna, TX | 27 mi southwest | 81 | May | Mckinney Municipal Airport |
| Melissa, TX | 30 mi southwest | 81 | May | Mckinney Municipal Airport |
| Durant, OK | 30 mi north | 95 | April to May | same station |
| Greenville, TX | 33 mi south | 87 | April to May | Majors Airport |
How Bonham ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Bonham (population 11,115, 230th largest) ranks 80th for painting days, 6 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 279 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 59 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Grayson County Airport (29.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.