When to paint a house exterior in Katy, TX
When to paint in Katy, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is March to May, with 5 good months a year. The best month is April, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March to May, call for quotes in January 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 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 5Jan
- 7Feb
- 15Mar
- 18Apr
- 13May
- 3Jun
- 1Jul
- under 1Aug
- 5Sep
- 15Oct
- 12Nov
- 7Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5 | 5 | 15 | 46° / 66°F |
| February | 7 | 6 | 15 | 50° / 71°F |
| March | 15 | 12 | 20 | 57° / 77°F |
| April | 18 | 16 | 19 | 62° / 82°F |
| May | 13 | 10 | 13 | 70° / 88°F |
| June | 3 | 1 | 3 | 75° / 93°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 76° / 95°F |
| August | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 76° / 96°F |
| September | 5 | 4 | 5 | 72° / 92°F |
| October | 15 | 14 | 16 | 63° / 85°F |
| November | 12 | 11 | 18 | 55° / 75°F |
| December | 7 | 7 | 17 | 50° / 70°F |
Deck stain does best in April. Low-temperature paint adds about 41 days a year here.
Towns near Katy compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bellaire (167 a year, 24 miles east). 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. Fulshear, Richmond, Rosenberg, Sugar Land, Stafford are read from the same station as Katy, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Katy | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulshear, TX | 7 mi south | 100 | March to May | same station |
| Richmond, TX | 15 mi south | 100 | March to May | same station |
| Rosenberg, TX | 17 mi south | 100 | March to May | same station |
| Sugar Land, TX | 18 mi southeast | 100 | March to May | same station |
| Stafford, TX | 20 mi southeast | 100 | March to May | same station |
| Bellaire, TX | 24 mi east | 167 | March to May | Houston Dunn Helistop |
How Katy ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Katy (population 27,741, 119th largest) ranks 50th for painting days, 11 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 42 miles east. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 41 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Sugar Land Regional Airport (16.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.