When to paint a house exterior in Granbury, TX
When to paint in Granbury, 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 April, 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.
- 2Jan
- 5Feb
- 10Mar
- 14Apr
- 11May
- 3Jun
- 2Jul
- 1Aug
- 5Sep
- 13Oct
- 9Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 10 | 35° / 60°F |
| February | 5 | 3 | 13 | 40° / 65°F |
| March | 10 | 9 | 18 | 49° / 73°F |
| April | 14 | 13 | 21 | 55° / 79°F |
| May | 11 | 7 | 12 | 65° / 86°F |
| June | 3 | 3 | 3 | 73° / 94°F |
| July | 2 | 2 | 2 | 76° / 98°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 76° / 98°F |
| September | 5 | 5 | 5 | 69° / 92°F |
| October | 13 | 13 | 18 | 57° / 82°F |
| November | 9 | 9 | 17 | 45° / 68°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 13 | 39° / 62°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 56 days a year here.
Towns near Granbury compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Crowley (97 a year, 26 miles east); 1 gets fewer, down to 72 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 Granbury | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleburne, TX | 22 mi east | 90 | April to May | Cleburne Municipal Airport |
| Weatherford, TX | 22 mi north | 72 | April to May | Mineral Wells Airport |
| Benbrook, TX | 25 mi northeast | 94 | April to May | Fort Worth Naval Air Station |
| Crowley, TX | 26 mi east | 97 | April to May | Fort Worth Spinks Airport |
| Burleson, TX | 27 mi east | 97 | April to May | Fort Worth Spinks Airport |
| White Settlement, TX | 29 mi northeast | 94 | April to May | Fort Worth Naval Air Station |
How Granbury ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Granbury (population 12,934, 213th largest) ranks 186th for painting days, 11 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 247 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 56 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Granbury Municipal Airport (2.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.