When to paint a house exterior in Hot Springs, AR
When to paint in Hot Springs, AR
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is September to October, with 3 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by July.
If you want the house done in September to October, call for quotes in July or earlier; a job pushed past October 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.
- 1Jan
- 3Feb
- 6Mar
- 11Apr
- 16May
- 9Jun
- 3Jul
- 5Aug
- 12Sep
- 13Oct
- 4Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34° / 54°F |
| February | 3 | 3 | 8 | 38° / 59°F |
| March | 6 | 6 | 15 | 46° / 68°F |
| April | 11 | 8 | 17 | 52° / 75°F |
| May | 16 | 12 | 17 | 62° / 82°F |
| June | 9 | 7 | 9 | 70° / 90°F |
| July | 3 | 3 | 3 | 74° / 94°F |
| August | 5 | 3 | 5 | 72° / 93°F |
| September | 12 | 12 | 13 | 67° / 89°F |
| October | 13 | 12 | 21 | 55° / 78°F |
| November | 4 | 3 | 13 | 44° / 65°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 7 | 39° / 58°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 50 days a year here.
Towns near Hot Springs compared
5 get fewer, down to 82 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. Malvern is read from the same station as Hot Springs, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Hot Springs | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern, AR | 15 mi southeast | 85 | September to October | same station |
| Benton, AR | 28 mi east | 82 | September to October | Adams Field Airport |
| Bryant, AR | 33 mi east | 82 | September to October | Adams Field Airport |
| Little Rock, AR | 43 mi northeast | 82 | September to October | Adams Field Airport |
| Maumelle, AR | 45 mi northeast | 82 | September to October | Adams Field Airport |
| North Little Rock, AR | 51 mi northeast | 82 | September to October | Adams Field Airport |
How Hot Springs ranks in AR
Of 39 AR places with 10,000 people or more, Hot Springs (population 37,971, 12th largest) ranks 17th for painting days, 1 day above the state median of 84. The longest season in the state is Springdale, 148 days, 133 miles northwest. The shortest is Van Buren at 60. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 50 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Memorial Field Airport (13.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.