When to paint a house exterior in Flower Mound, TX
When to paint in Flower Mound, TX
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is April, with 2 good months a year. The best month is October, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April, call for quotes in February or earlier; a job pushed past April is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 3Feb
- 8Mar
- 13Apr
- 11May
- 2Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 6Sep
- 14Oct
- 8Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 10 | 35° / 61°F |
| February | 3 | 1 | 12 | 38° / 65°F |
| March | 8 | 6 | 19 | 48° / 74°F |
| April | 13 | 11 | 20 | 54° / 80°F |
| May | 11 | 7 | 12 | 64° / 86°F |
| June | 2 | 1 | 2 | 73° / 94°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 77° / 98°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 76° / 98°F |
| September | 6 | 6 | 6 | 70° / 92°F |
| October | 14 | 14 | 18 | 58° / 83°F |
| November | 8 | 8 | 20 | 47° / 71°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 17 | 40° / 65°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 65 days a year here.
Towns near Flower Mound compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Trophy Club (85 a year, 5 miles southwest). 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. Southlake, Grapevine are read from the same station as Flower Mound, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Flower Mound | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trophy Club, TX | 5 mi southwest | 85 | April to May | Fort Worth Alliance Airport |
| Highland Village, TX | 5 mi northeast | 76 | April | Denton Municipal Airport |
| Southlake, TX | 6 mi south | 72 | April | same station |
| Roanoke, TX | 7 mi west | 85 | April to May | Fort Worth Alliance Airport |
| Grapevine, TX | 7 mi south | 72 | April | same station |
| Corinth, TX | 8 mi north | 76 | April | Denton Municipal Airport |
How Flower Mound ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Flower Mound (population 79,990, 53rd largest) ranks 214th for painting days, 17 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 261 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 65 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dallas/Fort Worth International (11.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.