PaintDays

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.

  1. 2Jan
  2. 3Feb
  3. 9Mar
  4. 13Apr
  5. 14May
  6. 6Jun
  7. 1Jul
  8. 3Aug
  9. 8Sep
  10. 8Oct
  11. 2Nov
  12. 1Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
January22632° / 57°F
February32838° / 64°F
March981943° / 72°F
April13102647° / 78°F
May14141957° / 85°F
June66765° / 93°F
July11170° / 96°F
August32368° / 95°F
September881063° / 91°F
October882150° / 80°F
November211038° / 68°F
December11535° / 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.

PlaceFrom JasperPainting days a yearWindowStation
Gardendale, AL29 mi southeast99September to OctoberBirmingham International Airport
Cullman, AL33 mi northeast64MayHuntsville International/C.T.Jones Fie
Hueytown, AL34 mi southeast90September to OctoberBessemer Aiport
Birmingham, AL35 mi southeast99September to OctoberBirmingham International Airport
Center Point, AL36 mi southeast99September to OctoberBirmingham International Airport
Bessemer, AL37 mi southeast90September to OctoberBessemer 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+.