When to paint a house exterior in Germantown, TN
When to paint in Germantown, TN
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is April to June, with 6 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 23 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April to June, call for quotes in February 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 Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 8Mar
- 13Apr
- 23May
- 17Jun
- 9Jul
- 14Aug
- 18Sep
- 16Oct
- 5Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 7 | 31° / 49°F |
| February | 2 | 2 | 11 | 35° / 56°F |
| March | 8 | 8 | 22 | 43° / 65°F |
| April | 13 | 13 | 27 | 50° / 72°F |
| May | 23 | 23 | 26 | 61° / 81°F |
| June | 17 | 16 | 17 | 68° / 88°F |
| July | 9 | 7 | 9 | 72° / 91°F |
| August | 14 | 13 | 14 | 70° / 90°F |
| September | 18 | 18 | 19 | 65° / 86°F |
| October | 16 | 16 | 26 | 53° / 76°F |
| November | 5 | 5 | 18 | 42° / 63°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 10 | 37° / 55°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 79 days a year here.
Towns near Germantown compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bartlett (139 a year, 11 miles north); 1 gets fewer, down to 75 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. Collierville, Olive Branch are read from the same station as Germantown, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Germantown | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collierville, TN | 5 mi southeast | 125 | April to June | same station |
| Olive Branch, MS | 9 mi south | 125 | April to June | same station |
| Memphis, TN | 11 mi west | 75 | May | Memphis International Airport |
| Bartlett, TN | 11 mi north | 139 | April to June | Millington Municipal Airport |
| Lakeland, TN | 13 mi north | 139 | April to June | Millington Municipal Airport |
| Arlington, TN | 14 mi northeast | 139 | April to June | Millington Municipal Airport |
How Germantown ranks in TN
Of 65 TN places with 10,000 people or more, Germantown (population 40,128, 23rd largest) ranks 19th for painting days, 36 days above the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Winchester, 154 days, 208 miles east. The shortest is Elizabethton at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 79 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Olive Branch Airport (7.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.