When to paint a house exterior in Live Oak, TX
When to paint in Live Oak, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is March to April, with 3 good months a year. The best month is October, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March to April, call for quotes in January 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 Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 3Jan
- 6Feb
- 12Mar
- 13Apr
- 10May
- 3Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 4Sep
- 14Oct
- 11Nov
- 5Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 3 | 14 | 42° / 65°F |
| February | 6 | 6 | 15 | 46° / 69°F |
| March | 12 | 11 | 20 | 54° / 76°F |
| April | 13 | 10 | 17 | 59° / 82°F |
| May | 10 | 6 | 10 | 67° / 87°F |
| June | 3 | 1 | 3 | 73° / 94°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75° / 97°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 75° / 98°F |
| September | 4 | 3 | 4 | 71° / 92°F |
| October | 14 | 13 | 16 | 61° / 85°F |
| November | 11 | 11 | 19 | 52° / 73°F |
| December | 5 | 5 | 15 | 46° / 68°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.
Towns near Live Oak compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in San Antonio (85 a year, 13 miles southwest). 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. Universal City, Selma, Converse, Schertz, Cibolo are read from the same station as Live Oak, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Live Oak | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal City, TX | 2 mi east | 81 | March to April | same station |
| Selma, TX | 3 mi northeast | 81 | March to April | same station |
| Converse, TX | 4 mi southeast | 81 | March to April | same station |
| Schertz, TX | 5 mi east | 81 | March to April | same station |
| Cibolo, TX | 7 mi east | 81 | March to April | same station |
| San Antonio, TX | 13 mi southwest | 85 | March to April | San Antonio International Air |
How Live Oak ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Live Oak (population 16,218, 185th largest) ranks 177th for painting days, 8 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 192 miles east. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. 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 Randolph Air Force Base Airport (4.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.