When to paint a house exterior in Irving, TX
When to paint in Irving, 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 October, 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.
- 1Jan
- 3Feb
- 8Mar
- 13Apr
- 11May
- 2Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 6Sep
- 14Oct
- 8Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 10 | 35° / 61°F |
| February | 3 | 1 | 12 | 38° / 65°F |
| March | 8 | 6 | 19 | 48° / 74°F |
| April | 13 | 11 | 20 | 54° / 80°F |
| May | 11 | 7 | 12 | 64° / 86°F |
| June | 2 | 1 | 2 | 73° / 94°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 77° / 98°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 76° / 98°F |
| September | 6 | 6 | 6 | 70° / 92°F |
| October | 14 | 14 | 18 | 58° / 83°F |
| November | 8 | 8 | 20 | 47° / 71°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 17 | 40° / 65°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 65 days a year here.
Towns near Irving compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Farmers Branch (142 a year, 7 miles northeast). 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. Euless, Coppell, Grapevine, Bedford are read from the same station as Irving, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Irving | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euless, TX | 6 mi west | 72 | April | same station |
| Farmers Branch, TX | 7 mi northeast | 142 | March to May | Addison Airport |
| Coppell, TX | 7 mi north | 72 | April | same station |
| Grapevine, TX | 8 mi northwest | 72 | April | same station |
| Bedford, TX | 10 mi west | 72 | April | same station |
| Carrollton, TX | 10 mi northeast | 142 | March to May | Addison Airport |
How Irving ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Irving (population 258,060, 12th largest) ranks 213th for painting days, 17 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 246 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 65 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dallas/Fort Worth International (4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.