When to paint a house exterior in Crossville, TN
When to paint in Crossville, TN
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to September, with 5 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 17 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to September, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 3Mar
- 6Apr
- 12May
- 16Jun
- 16Jul
- 15Aug
- 17Sep
- 8Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 46°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 34° / 52°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 9 | 40° / 60°F |
| April | 6 | 4 | 13 | 46° / 68°F |
| May | 12 | 8 | 17 | 55° / 75°F |
| June | 16 | 13 | 17 | 62° / 81°F |
| July | 16 | 10 | 16 | 66° / 84°F |
| August | 15 | 11 | 16 | 64° / 83°F |
| September | 17 | 12 | 20 | 59° / 79°F |
| October | 8 | 6 | 18 | 48° / 70°F |
| November | 3 | 2 | 12 | 39° / 59°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 5 | 35° / 51°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 51 days a year here.
Towns near Crossville compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Cookeville (118 a year, 30 miles northwest); 4 get fewer, down to 69 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 Crossville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookeville, TN | 30 mi northwest | 118 | May to September | Upper Cumberland Regional Air |
| Oak Ridge, TN | 41 mi east | 69 | May | Oak Ridge |
| Athens, TN | 42 mi southeast | 77 | May to June | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport |
| Lenoir City, TN | 43 mi east | 69 | May | Oak Ridge |
| McMinnville, TN | 46 mi southwest | 118 | May to September | Upper Cumberland Regional Air |
| Farragut, TN | 48 mi east | 69 | May | Oak Ridge |
How Crossville ranks in TN
Of 65 TN places with 10,000 people or more, Crossville (population 12,785, 51st largest) ranks 32nd for painting days, 9 days above the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Winchester, 154 days, 80 miles southwest. The shortest is Elizabethton at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 51 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Crossville Memorial -Whitson (2.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.