When to paint a house exterior in Greenville, TX
When to paint in Greenville, 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 October, at about 16 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, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 5Feb
- 10Mar
- 12Apr
- 15May
- 5Jun
- 1Jul
- 2Aug
- 9Sep
- 16Oct
- 8Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 10 | 36° / 58°F |
| February | 5 | 4 | 12 | 40° / 62°F |
| March | 10 | 8 | 18 | 48° / 71°F |
| April | 12 | 8 | 18 | 55° / 76°F |
| May | 15 | 9 | 16 | 64° / 83°F |
| June | 5 | 3 | 5 | 72° / 92°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 75° / 96°F |
| August | 2 | under 1 | 2 | 75° / 96°F |
| September | 9 | 8 | 9 | 68° / 91°F |
| October | 16 | 14 | 20 | 57° / 81°F |
| November | 8 | 5 | 16 | 47° / 68°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 12 | 41° / 62°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 52 days a year here.
Towns near Greenville compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Royse City (90 a year, 15 miles southwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 81 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 Greenville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royse City, TX | 15 mi southwest | 90 | April to May | Ralph M Hall Rockwall Municip |
| Fate, TX | 19 mi southwest | 90 | April to May | Ralph M Hall Rockwall Municip |
| Rockwall, TX | 23 mi southwest | 90 | April to May | Ralph M Hall Rockwall Municip |
| Princeton, TX | 24 mi west | 81 | May | Mckinney Municipal Airport |
| Wylie, TX | 25 mi west | 90 | April to May | Ralph M Hall Rockwall Municip |
| Heath, TX | 27 mi southwest | 90 | April to May | Ralph M Hall Rockwall Municip |
How Greenville ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Greenville (population 34,355, 110th largest) ranks 142nd for painting days, 2 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 245 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. 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 Majors Airport (4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.