When to paint a house exterior in Kilgore, TX
When to paint in Kilgore, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is April to May, with 3 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 15 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, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 5Feb
- 10Mar
- 14Apr
- 15May
- 4Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 8Sep
- 13Oct
- 6Nov
- 4Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 1 | 9 | 38° / 60°F |
| February | 5 | 4 | 11 | 42° / 64°F |
| March | 10 | 8 | 18 | 50° / 72°F |
| April | 14 | 12 | 19 | 55° / 78°F |
| May | 15 | 10 | 15 | 65° / 85°F |
| June | 4 | 3 | 4 | 72° / 91°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 75° / 95°F |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74° / 95°F |
| September | 8 | 8 | 8 | 68° / 90°F |
| October | 13 | 12 | 18 | 57° / 81°F |
| November | 6 | 6 | 15 | 47° / 70°F |
| December | 4 | 4 | 11 | 43° / 64°F |
Deck stain does best in April. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.
Towns near Kilgore compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Jacksonville (132 a year, 38 miles southwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 77 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. Longview is read from the same station as Kilgore, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Kilgore | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longview, TX | 10 mi northeast | 83 | April to May | same station |
| Henderson, TX | 17 mi south | 77 | May | Rusk County Airport |
| Tyler, TX | 27 mi west | 95 | April to May | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport |
| Marshall, TX | 31 mi east | 96 | April to May | Harrison County Airport |
| Jacksonville, TX | 38 mi southwest | 132 | March to May | Cherokee County Airport |
| Mount Pleasant, TX | 53 mi north | 80 | May | Mount Pleasant Rgnl Airport |
How Kilgore ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Kilgore (population 13,583, 206th largest) ranks 160th for painting days, 6 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 190 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 48 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from East Texas Regional Airport (8.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.