When to paint a house exterior in Little Elm, TX
When to paint in Little Elm, TX
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is April, with 2 good months a year. The best month is October, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April, call for quotes in February or earlier; a job pushed past April 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
- 4Feb
- 9Mar
- 13Apr
- 12May
- 4Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 7Sep
- 13Oct
- 6Nov
- 4Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 8 | 33° / 58°F |
| February | 4 | 4 | 11 | 37° / 62°F |
| March | 9 | 9 | 18 | 47° / 71°F |
| April | 13 | 12 | 21 | 53° / 77°F |
| May | 12 | 8 | 14 | 63° / 84°F |
| June | 4 | 2 | 4 | 71° / 93°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75° / 98°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 74° / 97°F |
| September | 7 | 7 | 8 | 67° / 91°F |
| October | 13 | 12 | 19 | 55° / 81°F |
| November | 6 | 6 | 16 | 44° / 69°F |
| December | 4 | 4 | 11 | 38° / 62°F |
Deck stain does best in April. Low-temperature paint adds about 55 days a year here.
Towns near Little Elm compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Frisco (142 a year, 6 miles southeast). 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. Providence Village, Corinth are read from the same station as Little Elm, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Little Elm | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Village, TX | 4 mi northwest | 76 | April | same station |
| Frisco, TX | 6 mi southeast | 142 | March to May | Addison Airport |
| The Colony, TX | 7 mi south | 142 | March to May | Addison Airport |
| Prosper, TX | 7 mi northeast | 81 | May | Mckinney Municipal Airport |
| Corinth, TX | 9 mi west | 76 | April | same station |
| Lewisville, TX | 10 mi south | 142 | March to May | Addison Airport |
How Little Elm ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Little Elm (population 61,219, 64th largest) ranks 197th for painting days, 13 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 266 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 55 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Denton Municipal Airport (16.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.