When to paint a house exterior in Lewisville, NC
When to paint in Lewisville, NC
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 4 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 4Mar
- 7Apr
- 13May
- 14Jun
- 7Jul
- 12Aug
- 16Sep
- 9Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 30° / 52°F |
| February | 2 | 1 | 5 | 34° / 58°F |
| March | 4 | 3 | 12 | 41° / 66°F |
| April | 7 | 7 | 17 | 47° / 74°F |
| May | 13 | 11 | 17 | 57° / 80°F |
| June | 14 | 11 | 14 | 64° / 87°F |
| July | 7 | 4 | 7 | 69° / 91°F |
| August | 12 | 9 | 12 | 68° / 88°F |
| September | 16 | 12 | 17 | 62° / 83°F |
| October | 9 | 8 | 21 | 50° / 75°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 11 | 39° / 64°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 34° / 57°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.
Towns near Lewisville compared
2 get fewer, down to 81 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. Clemmons, Winston-Salem are read from the same station as Lewisville, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Lewisville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemmons, NC | 5 mi southeast | 86 | May to June | same station |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 9 mi east | 86 | May to June | same station |
| Kernersville, NC | 19 mi east | 81 | May to June | Piedmont Triad International |
| Lexington, NC | 23 mi south | 83 | May to June | Davidson County Airport |
| Thomasville, NC | 25 mi southeast | 83 | May to June | Davidson County Airport |
| High Point, NC | 25 mi east | 81 | May to June | Piedmont Triad International |
How Lewisville ranks in NC
Of 91 NC places with 10,000 people or more, Lewisville (population 14,203, 76th largest) ranks 18th for painting days, 8 days above the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Greenville, 123 days, 174 miles east. The shortest is Boone at 50. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 53 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Smith Reynolds Airport (11.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.