PaintDays

When to paint a house exterior in Forney, TX

When to paint in Forney, 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 May, at about 21 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 Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov.

  1. 1Jan
  2. 4Feb
  3. 11Mar
  4. 17Apr
  5. 21May
  6. 6Jun
  7. 3Jul
  8. 4Aug
  9. 11Sep
  10. 18Oct
  11. 7Nov
  12. 3Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
January111036° / 58°F
February431241° / 62°F
March11102149° / 71°F
April17152555° / 76°F
May21162164° / 84°F
June64672° / 92°F
July32374° / 96°F
August42474° / 96°F
September11111268° / 90°F
October18172357° / 81°F
November751647° / 68°F
December331141° / 62°F

Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 58 days a year here.

Towns near Forney compared

3 get fewer, down to 90 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. Mesquite, Seagoville, Balch Springs are read from the same station as Forney, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom ForneyPainting days a yearWindowStation
Heath, TX8 mi north90April to MayRalph M Hall Rockwall Municip
Mesquite, TX8 mi west106April to Maysame station
Seagoville, TX8 mi southwest106April to Maysame station
Terrell, TX9 mi east92April to MayTerrell Municipal Airport
Balch Springs, TX10 mi west106April to Maysame station
Rockwall, TX12 mi north90April to MayRalph M Hall Rockwall Municip

How Forney ranks in TX

Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Forney (population 38,572, 98th largest) ranks 41st for painting days, 17 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 227 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 58 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Mesquite Metropolitan Airport (4.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.