When to paint a house exterior in Dumas, TX
When to paint in Dumas, TX
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May to June, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 11 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 7May
- 7Jun
- 4Jul
- 6Aug
- 11Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 24° / 52°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 26° / 60°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 11 | 33° / 67°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 18 | 40° / 74°F |
| May | 7 | 6 | 17 | 50° / 81°F |
| June | 7 | 2 | 7 | 61° / 91°F |
| July | 4 | 3 | 4 | 65° / 94°F |
| August | 6 | 3 | 6 | 63° / 92°F |
| September | 11 | 10 | 14 | 57° / 87°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 20 | 45° / 75°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 10 | 33° / 62°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 26° / 55°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 70 days a year here.
Towns near Dumas compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Pampa (62 a year, 60 miles east); 4 get fewer, down to 39 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 Dumas | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borger, TX | 35 mi southeast | 57 | April to May | Hutchinson County Airport |
| Amarillo, TX | 46 mi south | 41 | May to June | Amarillo Rick Husband International Airport |
| Pampa, TX | 60 mi east | 62 | April to June | Perry Lefors Field Airport |
| Canyon, TX | 60 mi south | 41 | May to June | Amarillo Rick Husband International Airport |
| Guymon, OK | 63 mi northeast | 41 | May | Guymon Municipal Airport |
| Hereford, TX | 76 mi south | 39 | September | Hereford Municipal Airport |
How Dumas ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Dumas (population 14,834, 198th largest) ranks 246th for painting days, 43 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 583 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 70 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Moore County Airport (2.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.