PaintDays

When to paint a house exterior in Heath, TX

When to paint in Heath, 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 May, 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.

  1. 2Jan
  2. 4Feb
  3. 10Mar
  4. 14Apr
  5. 16May
  6. 5Jun
  7. 2Jul
  8. 1Aug
  9. 9Sep
  10. 16Oct
  11. 8Nov
  12. 4Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
January221238° / 58°F
February441241° / 61°F
March1081850° / 71°F
April14111955° / 76°F
May16111665° / 84°F
June53572° / 92°F
July21275° / 96°F
August11175° / 96°F
September99969° / 90°F
October16161958° / 80°F
November881848° / 68°F
December441544° / 63°F

Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 55 days a year here.

Towns near Heath compared

2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Forney (106 a year, 8 miles south). 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. Rockwall, Rowlett, Fate, Garland are read from the same station as Heath, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom HeathPainting days a yearWindowStation
Rockwall, TX5 mi north90April to Maysame station
Rowlett, TX7 mi northwest90April to Maysame station
Forney, TX8 mi south106April to MayMesquite Metropolitan Airport
Fate, TX8 mi northeast90April to Maysame station
Mesquite, TX10 mi southwest106April to MayMesquite Metropolitan Airport
Garland, TX10 mi west90April to Maysame station

How Heath ranks in TX

Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Heath (population 11,499, 225th largest) ranks 123rd for painting days, 2 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 234 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 55 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Ralph M Hall Rockwall Municip (5.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.