When to paint a house exterior in Lewisburg, TN
When to paint in Lewisburg, TN
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to September, with 5 good months a year. The best month is June, at about 20 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to September, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 5Mar
- 9Apr
- 20May
- 20Jun
- 13Jul
- 15Aug
- 17Sep
- 10Oct
- 4Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 6 | 31° / 51°F |
| February | 2 | 2 | 7 | 35° / 57°F |
| March | 5 | 5 | 15 | 41° / 64°F |
| April | 9 | 9 | 21 | 46° / 71°F |
| May | 20 | 19 | 24 | 57° / 80°F |
| June | 20 | 20 | 20 | 64° / 86°F |
| July | 13 | 12 | 13 | 69° / 89°F |
| August | 15 | 13 | 15 | 67° / 88°F |
| September | 17 | 17 | 19 | 61° / 84°F |
| October | 10 | 10 | 21 | 49° / 74°F |
| November | 4 | 4 | 12 | 37° / 61°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 7 | 35° / 56°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 62 days a year here.
Towns near Lewisburg compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Shelbyville (141 a year, 19 miles east); 3 get fewer, down to 65 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. Spring Hill is read from the same station as Lewisburg, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Lewisburg | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia, TN | 19 mi northwest | 111 | April to June | Maury County Airport |
| Shelbyville, TN | 19 mi east | 141 | May to September | Tullahoma Regional Airport Wi |
| Spring Hill, TN | 22 mi north | 118 | May to September | same station |
| Franklin, TN | 32 mi north | 65 | April to June | Nashville International Airport |
| Tullahoma, TN | 33 mi east | 141 | May to September | Tullahoma Regional Airport Wi |
| Lawrenceburg, TN | 34 mi southwest | 111 | April to June | Maury County Airport |
How Lewisburg ranks in TN
Of 65 TN places with 10,000 people or more, Lewisburg (population 13,473, 49th largest) ranks 26th for painting days, 28 days above the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Winchester, 154 days, 43 miles southeast. The shortest is Elizabethton at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 62 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Ellington (3.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.