When to paint a house exterior in Huntsville, AL
When to paint in Huntsville, AL
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 4 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March 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
- 5Mar
- 8Apr
- 14May
- 13Jun
- 6Jul
- 10Aug
- 15Sep
- 12Oct
- 5Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 34° / 53°F |
| February | 2 | 2 | 7 | 39° / 59°F |
| March | 5 | 4 | 12 | 45° / 66°F |
| April | 8 | 6 | 17 | 51° / 73°F |
| May | 14 | 10 | 18 | 60° / 81°F |
| June | 13 | 11 | 13 | 67° / 88°F |
| July | 6 | 6 | 6 | 71° / 90°F |
| August | 10 | 9 | 10 | 70° / 89°F |
| September | 15 | 15 | 15 | 64° / 85°F |
| October | 12 | 12 | 21 | 54° / 76°F |
| November | 5 | 5 | 14 | 43° / 64°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 10 | 40° / 57°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.
Towns near Huntsville compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Scottsboro (149 a year, 36 miles east); 5 get fewer, down to 64 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 Huntsville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison, AL | 5 mi west | 64 | May | Huntsville International/C.T.Jones Fie |
| Athens, AL | 17 mi west | 78 | May | Pryor Field Regional Airport |
| Decatur, AL | 20 mi southwest | 78 | May | Pryor Field Regional Airport |
| Hartselle, AL | 23 mi southwest | 78 | May | Pryor Field Regional Airport |
| Scottsboro, AL | 36 mi east | 149 | April to October | The Albertville Municipal Airport-Tho |
| Cullman, AL | 37 mi south | 64 | May | Huntsville International/C.T.Jones Fie |
How Huntsville ranks in AL
Of 66 AL places with 10,000 people or more, Huntsville (population 230,402, 1st largest) ranks 29th for painting days, 1 day above the state median of 92. The longest season in the state is Albertville, 149 days, 40 miles southeast. The shortest is Fort Payne at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 53 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Redstone Army Airfield (1.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.