When to paint a house exterior in Celina, TX
When to paint in Celina, TX
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 2 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 15 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, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 4Feb
- 8Mar
- 12Apr
- 15May
- 6Jun
- 2Jul
- 2Aug
- 8Sep
- 14Oct
- 6Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 8 | 35° / 57°F |
| February | 4 | 4 | 12 | 39° / 61°F |
| March | 8 | 7 | 17 | 48° / 70°F |
| April | 12 | 11 | 19 | 54° / 76°F |
| May | 15 | 9 | 16 | 63° / 83°F |
| June | 6 | 4 | 6 | 71° / 91°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 2 | 75° / 96°F |
| August | 2 | 1 | 2 | 74° / 96°F |
| September | 8 | 8 | 8 | 68° / 90°F |
| October | 14 | 14 | 19 | 56° / 81°F |
| November | 6 | 6 | 16 | 46° / 68°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 12 | 40° / 61°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 56 days a year here.
Towns near Celina compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Frisco (142 a year, 12 miles south); 2 get fewer, down to 76 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. Prosper, McKinney, Melissa are read from the same station as Celina, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Celina | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosper, TX | 6 mi south | 81 | May | same station |
| Providence Village, TX | 11 mi southwest | 76 | April | Denton Municipal Airport |
| McKinney, TX | 11 mi southeast | 81 | May | same station |
| Little Elm, TX | 12 mi southwest | 76 | April | Denton Municipal Airport |
| Frisco, TX | 12 mi south | 142 | March to May | Addison Airport |
| Melissa, TX | 14 mi east | 81 | May | same station |
How Celina ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Celina (population 51,661, 73rd largest) ranks 165th for painting days, 8 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 271 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 56 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Mckinney Municipal Airport (14.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.