When to paint a house exterior in Gainesville, TX
When to paint in Gainesville, TX
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 2 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March 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.
- 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 8Mar
- 12Apr
- 14May
- 7Jun
- 2Jul
- 4Aug
- 11Sep
- 14Oct
- 5Nov
- 2Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 7 | 33° / 56°F |
| February | 2 | 2 | 10 | 36° / 60°F |
| March | 8 | 8 | 17 | 46° / 69°F |
| April | 12 | 11 | 20 | 52° / 75°F |
| May | 14 | 10 | 15 | 61° / 82°F |
| June | 7 | 6 | 7 | 69° / 90°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 2 | 73° / 95°F |
| August | 4 | 3 | 4 | 72° / 94°F |
| September | 11 | 9 | 12 | 66° / 89°F |
| October | 14 | 11 | 21 | 54° / 78°F |
| November | 5 | 5 | 16 | 44° / 66°F |
| December | 2 | 2 | 10 | 38° / 59°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 61 days a year here.
Towns near Gainesville compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Sherman (95 a year, 30 miles east); 4 get fewer, down to 76 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 Gainesville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanger, TX | 18 mi south | 76 | April | Denton Municipal Airport |
| Denton, TX | 29 mi south | 76 | April | Denton Municipal Airport |
| Providence Village, TX | 30 mi south | 76 | April | Denton Municipal Airport |
| Celina, TX | 30 mi southeast | 81 | May | Mckinney Municipal Airport |
| Sherman, TX | 30 mi east | 95 | April to May | Grayson County Airport |
| Little Elm, TX | 34 mi southeast | 76 | April | Denton Municipal Airport |
How Gainesville ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Gainesville (population 18,295, 164th largest) ranks 171st for painting days, 8 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 299 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 61 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Gainesville Municipal Airport (2.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.