When to paint a house exterior in Lufkin, TX
When to paint in Lufkin, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is April to May, with 3 good months a year. The best month is April, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April to May, call for quotes in February or earlier; a job pushed past May 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.
- 1Jan
- 4Feb
- 11Mar
- 14Apr
- 13May
- 3Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 7Sep
- 14Oct
- 7Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 8 | 40° / 62°F |
| February | 4 | 3 | 11 | 45° / 67°F |
| March | 11 | 10 | 19 | 52° / 74°F |
| April | 14 | 11 | 18 | 57° / 79°F |
| May | 13 | 8 | 13 | 66° / 86°F |
| June | 3 | 2 | 3 | 72° / 92°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 74° / 95°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 74° / 95°F |
| September | 7 | 6 | 7 | 69° / 90°F |
| October | 14 | 13 | 18 | 58° / 82°F |
| November | 7 | 5 | 15 | 50° / 72°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 10 | 45° / 65°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Lufkin compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Jacksonville (132 a year, 54 miles northwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 69 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 Lufkin | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nacogdoches, TX | 21 mi north | 69 | October | A L Mangham Jr Rgnl Airport |
| Jacksonville, TX | 54 mi northwest | 132 | March to May | Cherokee County Airport |
| Henderson, TX | 58 mi north | 77 | May | Rusk County Airport |
| Palestine, TX | 62 mi northwest | 95 | April to May | Palestine Municipal Airport |
| Huntsville, TX | 65 mi southwest | 94 | March to April | Huntsville Municipal Airport |
| Kilgore, TX | 75 mi north | 83 | April to May | East Texas Regional Airport |
How Lufkin ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Lufkin (population 34,399, 109th largest) ranks 185th for painting days, 11 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 118 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 47 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Angelina County Airport (6.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.