PaintDays

When to paint a house exterior in Carrollton, TX

When to paint in Carrollton, 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 October, at about 23 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 Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

  1. 4Jan
  2. 8Feb
  3. 17Mar
  4. 22Apr
  5. 22May
  6. 8Jun
  7. 2Jul
  8. 3Aug
  9. 13Sep
  10. 23Oct
  11. 13Nov
  12. 6Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
January441839° / 58°F
February871943° / 63°F
March17142652° / 71°F
April22222758° / 77°F
May22192267° / 85°F
June87875° / 92°F
July22279° / 96°F
August32379° / 96°F
September13131372° / 91°F
October23222562° / 81°F
November13132550° / 68°F
December662344° / 62°F

Deck stain does best in April. Low-temperature paint adds about 70 days a year here.

Towns near Carrollton compared

1 gets fewer, down to 72 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. Addison, Farmers Branch, Lewisville, The Colony, Plano are read from the same station as Carrollton, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom CarrolltonPainting days a yearWindowStation
Addison, TX4 mi southeast142March to Maysame station
Farmers Branch, TX4 mi south142March to Maysame station
Coppell, TX6 mi west72AprilDallas/Fort Worth International
Lewisville, TX6 mi northwest142March to Maysame station
The Colony, TX7 mi north142March to Maysame station
Plano, TX10 mi northeast142March to Maysame station

How Carrollton ranks in TX

Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Carrollton (population 135,456, 27th largest) ranks 16th for painting days, 53 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 252 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 70 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Addison Airport (4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.