When to paint a house exterior in Broken Arrow, OK
When to paint in Broken Arrow, OK
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 1 good month a year. The best month is May, at about 12 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March 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
- 2Feb
- 5Mar
- 9Apr
- 12May
- 6Jun
- 3Jul
- 5Aug
- 12Sep
- 11Oct
- 4Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 5 | 28° / 52°F |
| February | 2 | 2 | 8 | 32° / 57°F |
| March | 5 | 4 | 15 | 43° / 67°F |
| April | 9 | 8 | 18 | 50° / 75°F |
| May | 12 | 9 | 15 | 60° / 81°F |
| June | 6 | 4 | 6 | 69° / 91°F |
| July | 3 | 2 | 3 | 73° / 95°F |
| August | 5 | 4 | 5 | 71° / 94°F |
| September | 12 | 11 | 12 | 65° / 89°F |
| October | 11 | 9 | 19 | 52° / 77°F |
| November | 4 | 4 | 14 | 40° / 65°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 9 | 34° / 56°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Broken Arrow compared
2 get fewer, down to 58 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. Coweta, Bixby, Jenks, Glenpool are read from the same station as Broken Arrow, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Broken Arrow | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coweta, OK | 8 mi southeast | 70 | May | same station |
| Bixby, OK | 8 mi southwest | 70 | May | same station |
| Tulsa, OK | 9 mi northwest | 58 | April to May | Tulsa International Airport |
| Jenks, OK | 11 mi west | 70 | May | same station |
| Glenpool, OK | 14 mi southwest | 70 | May | same station |
| Owasso, OK | 18 mi north | 58 | April to May | Tulsa International Airport |
How Broken Arrow ranks in OK
Of 45 OK places with 10,000 people or more, Broken Arrow (population 122,756, 4th largest) ranks 23rd for painting days, right at the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Tahlequah, 109 days, 46 miles east. The shortest is Guymon at 41. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 57 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport (11.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.