When to paint a house exterior in Las Cruces, NM
When to paint in Las Cruces, NM
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is October, with 1 good month a year. The best month is October, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by August.
If you want the house done in October, call for quotes in August or earlier; a job pushed past October is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 4Mar
- 12Apr
- 10May
- 1Jun
- under 1Jul
- 3Aug
- 10Sep
- 13Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 31° / 59°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 13 | 35° / 66°F |
| March | 4 | 4 | 25 | 42° / 73°F |
| April | 12 | 12 | 26 | 48° / 81°F |
| May | 10 | 10 | 16 | 55° / 89°F |
| June | 1 | 1 | 1 | 67° / 97°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 70° / 98°F |
| August | 3 | 1 | 3 | 68° / 95°F |
| September | 10 | 8 | 10 | 62° / 90°F |
| October | 13 | 12 | 24 | 50° / 80°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 18 | 39° / 67°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 33° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 100 days a year here.
Towns near Las Cruces compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Sunland Park (89 a year, 36 miles south); 1 gets fewer, down to 28 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 Las Cruces | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunland Park, NM | 36 mi south | 89 | April to May | Dona Ana County International Jetport |
| El Paso, TX | 39 mi southeast | 67 | April to May | Biggs Army Airfield / Fort Bliss Texas Us |
| Deming, NM | 56 mi west | 28 | September to October | Deming Municipal Airport |
| Horizon City, TX | 57 mi southeast | 63 | April | El Paso International Airport |
| Socorro, TX | 57 mi southeast | 63 | April | El Paso International Airport |
| San Elizario, TX | 60 mi southeast | 63 | April | El Paso International Airport |
How Las Cruces ranks in NM
Of 19 NM places with 10,000 people or more, Las Cruces (population 116,998, 2nd largest) ranks 9th for painting days, 10 days above the state median of 46. The longest season in the state is Española, 102 days, 257 miles north. The shortest is Gallup at 15. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 100 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Las Cruces International Airport (8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.