When to paint a house exterior in Covington, LA
When to paint in Covington, LA
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 18 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.
- 2Jan
- 6Feb
- 11Mar
- 13Apr
- 17May
- 3Jun
- 2Jul
- 1Aug
- 6Sep
- 18Oct
- 6Nov
- 4Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 10 | 43° / 64°F |
| February | 6 | 5 | 11 | 50° / 70°F |
| March | 11 | 10 | 20 | 54° / 75°F |
| April | 13 | 10 | 18 | 57° / 79°F |
| May | 17 | 12 | 17 | 67° / 87°F |
| June | 3 | 2 | 3 | 73° / 92°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 2 | 75° / 92°F |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75° / 93°F |
| September | 6 | 5 | 6 | 71° / 89°F |
| October | 18 | 18 | 22 | 60° / 83°F |
| November | 6 | 6 | 16 | 50° / 73°F |
| December | 4 | 4 | 12 | 48° / 68°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.
Towns near Covington compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in New Orleans (144 a year, 31 miles south); 1 gets fewer, down to 84 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. Mandeville, Slidell, Picayune are read from the same station as Covington, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Covington | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandeville, LA | 7 mi south | 90 | April to May | same station |
| Hammond, LA | 21 mi west | 107 | March to May | Louis Armstrong New Orleans I |
| Slidell, LA | 24 mi southeast | 90 | April to May | same station |
| Bogalusa, LA | 25 mi northeast | 84 | April to May | George R Carr Memorial Air Fi |
| Picayune, MS | 26 mi east | 90 | April to May | same station |
| New Orleans, LA | 31 mi south | 144 | March to May | Lakefront Airport |
How Covington ranks in LA
Of 35 LA places with 10,000 people or more, Covington (population 11,686, 30th largest) ranks 21st for painting days, 2 days below the state median of 92. The longest season in the state is New Orleans, 144 days, 31 miles south. The shortest is Natchitoches at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 48 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Slidell Airport (19.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.