When to paint a house exterior in Jasper, AL
When to paint in Jasper, AL
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is April to May, with 2 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 14 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, Jun, Sep, Oct.
- 2Jan
- 3Feb
- 9Mar
- 13Apr
- 14May
- 6Jun
- 1Jul
- 3Aug
- 8Sep
- 8Oct
- 2Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 6 | 32° / 57°F |
| February | 3 | 2 | 8 | 38° / 64°F |
| March | 9 | 8 | 19 | 43° / 72°F |
| April | 13 | 10 | 26 | 47° / 78°F |
| May | 14 | 14 | 19 | 57° / 85°F |
| June | 6 | 6 | 7 | 65° / 93°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 70° / 96°F |
| August | 3 | 2 | 3 | 68° / 95°F |
| September | 8 | 8 | 10 | 63° / 91°F |
| October | 8 | 8 | 21 | 50° / 80°F |
| November | 2 | 1 | 10 | 38° / 68°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 5 | 35° / 59°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 64 days a year here.
Towns near Jasper compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Gardendale (99 a year, 29 miles southeast); 1 gets 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 Jasper | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardendale, AL | 29 mi southeast | 99 | September to October | Birmingham International Airport |
| Cullman, AL | 33 mi northeast | 64 | May | Huntsville International/C.T.Jones Fie |
| Hueytown, AL | 34 mi southeast | 90 | September to October | Bessemer Aiport |
| Birmingham, AL | 35 mi southeast | 99 | September to October | Birmingham International Airport |
| Center Point, AL | 36 mi southeast | 99 | September to October | Birmingham International Airport |
| Bessemer, AL | 37 mi southeast | 90 | September to October | Bessemer Aiport |
How Jasper ranks in AL
Of 66 AL places with 10,000 people or more, Jasper (population 14,561, 51st largest) ranks 61st for painting days, 21 days below the state median of 92. The longest season in the state is Albertville, 149 days, 67 miles northeast. The shortest is Fort Payne at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 64 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Walker County Airport Bevill (4.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.