When to paint a house exterior in Fort Payne, AL
When to paint in Fort Payne, AL
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 May, 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 Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 3Mar
- 5Apr
- 11May
- 7Jun
- 1Jul
- 4Aug
- 10Sep
- 9Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 32° / 56°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 4 | 36° / 63°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 11 | 42° / 70°F |
| April | 5 | 4 | 15 | 47° / 77°F |
| May | 11 | 8 | 16 | 57° / 84°F |
| June | 7 | 5 | 7 | 65° / 91°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 70° / 93°F |
| August | 4 | 4 | 4 | 69° / 92°F |
| September | 10 | 10 | 12 | 63° / 88°F |
| October | 9 | 8 | 20 | 51° / 79°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 10 | 40° / 68°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 5 | 36° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 52 days a year here.
Towns near Fort Payne compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Scottsboro (149 a year, 24 miles northwest). 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. Rome, Cedartown are read from the same station as Fort Payne, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Fort Payne | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottsboro, AL | 24 mi northwest | 149 | April to October | The Albertville Municipal Airport-Tho |
| Rome, GA | 32 mi southeast | 56 | May to June | same station |
| Boaz, AL | 32 mi southwest | 149 | April to October | The Albertville Municipal Airport-Tho |
| Albertville, AL | 33 mi southwest | 149 | April to October | The Albertville Municipal Airport-Tho |
| Gadsden, AL | 36 mi southwest | 71 | May | Gadsden Municipal Airport |
| Cedartown, GA | 39 mi southeast | 56 | May to June | same station |
How Fort Payne ranks in AL
Of 66 AL places with 10,000 people or more, Fort Payne (population 15,017, 48th largest) ranks 66th for painting days, 36 days below the state median of 92. The longest season in the state is Albertville, 149 days, 33 miles southwest. No place in AL has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 52 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Richard B Russell Airport (31.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.