When to paint a house exterior in Copperas Cove, TX
When to paint in Copperas Cove, 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 16 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 Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 3Jan
- 6Feb
- 11Mar
- 15Apr
- 13May
- 5Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 7Sep
- 16Oct
- 9Nov
- 5Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 3 | 13 | 39° / 61°F |
| February | 6 | 5 | 14 | 42° / 65°F |
| March | 11 | 10 | 21 | 51° / 73°F |
| April | 15 | 13 | 20 | 57° / 79°F |
| May | 13 | 9 | 14 | 65° / 85°F |
| June | 5 | 2 | 5 | 72° / 93°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74° / 97°F |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74° / 97°F |
| September | 7 | 7 | 7 | 69° / 91°F |
| October | 16 | 16 | 20 | 59° / 82°F |
| November | 9 | 9 | 18 | 49° / 70°F |
| December | 5 | 5 | 15 | 43° / 65°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Copperas Cove compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Gatesville (95 a year, 24 miles northeast); 4 get fewer, down to 77 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.
| Place | From Copperas Cove | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killeen, TX | 11 mi east | 88 | April to May | Killeen Municipal Airport |
| Harker Heights, TX | 17 mi east | 88 | April to May | Killeen Municipal Airport |
| Gatesville, TX | 24 mi northeast | 95 | March to May | Gatesville Municipal Airport |
| Belton, TX | 26 mi east | 77 | April to May | Draughon-Miller Cntrl Tx Rgnl |
| Temple, TX | 31 mi east | 77 | April to May | Draughon-Miller Cntrl Tx Rgnl |
| Liberty Hill, TX | 32 mi south | 91 | March to April | Lago Vista Rusty Allen Airport |
How Copperas Cove ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Copperas Cove (population 39,627, 92nd largest) ranks 97th for painting days, 3 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 193 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. 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 Robert Gray Aff Airport (6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.