When to paint a house exterior in Choctaw, OK
When to paint in Choctaw, OK
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 14 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
- 2Feb
- 4Mar
- 11Apr
- 14May
- 9Jun
- 4Jul
- 5Aug
- 11Sep
- 14Oct
- 5Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 30° / 52°F |
| February | 2 | 2 | 9 | 33° / 56°F |
| March | 4 | 4 | 16 | 43° / 67°F |
| April | 11 | 9 | 19 | 50° / 74°F |
| May | 14 | 11 | 15 | 60° / 79°F |
| June | 9 | 5 | 9 | 69° / 89°F |
| July | 4 | 4 | 4 | 72° / 93°F |
| August | 5 | 2 | 5 | 71° / 93°F |
| September | 11 | 10 | 11 | 65° / 88°F |
| October | 14 | 13 | 22 | 53° / 76°F |
| November | 5 | 5 | 17 | 42° / 64°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 11 | 35° / 56°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 64 days a year here.
Towns near Choctaw compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Moore (96 a year, 16 miles southwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 63 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. Midwest City, Del City are read from the same station as Choctaw, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Choctaw | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest City, OK | 6 mi west | 79 | May | same station |
| Del City, OK | 10 mi west | 79 | May | same station |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 14 mi west | 63 | May | Will Rogers World Airport |
| Edmond, OK | 15 mi northwest | 77 | May | Guthrie Municipal Airport |
| Moore, OK | 16 mi southwest | 96 | September to October | University Of Oklahoma Westhe |
| Norman, OK | 17 mi south | 96 | September to October | University Of Oklahoma Westhe |
How Choctaw ranks in OK
Of 45 OK places with 10,000 people or more, Choctaw (population 12,358, 38th largest) ranks 14th for painting days, 10 days above the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Tahlequah, 109 days, 132 miles east. The shortest is Guymon at 41. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 64 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Tinker Air Force Base Airport (7.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.