When to paint a house exterior in Manchester, TN
When to paint in Manchester, 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 22 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, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 3Feb
- 6Mar
- 11Apr
- 20May
- 22Jun
- 19Jul
- 21Aug
- 21Sep
- 11Oct
- 5Nov
- 2Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 6 | 31° / 49°F |
| February | 3 | 3 | 8 | 35° / 55°F |
| March | 6 | 6 | 17 | 42° / 63°F |
| April | 11 | 11 | 24 | 48° / 71°F |
| May | 20 | 20 | 26 | 57° / 78°F |
| June | 22 | 22 | 22 | 64° / 85°F |
| July | 19 | 18 | 19 | 68° / 88°F |
| August | 21 | 20 | 21 | 67° / 86°F |
| September | 21 | 21 | 23 | 61° / 82°F |
| October | 11 | 11 | 22 | 50° / 73°F |
| November | 5 | 5 | 14 | 39° / 62°F |
| December | 2 | 1 | 8 | 36° / 55°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 68 days a year here.
Towns near Manchester compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Winchester (154 a year, 19 miles south); 3 get fewer, down to 79 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. Tullahoma, Shelbyville are read from the same station as Manchester, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Manchester | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullahoma, TN | 10 mi southwest | 141 | May to September | same station |
| Winchester, TN | 19 mi south | 154 | April to October | Winchester Municipal Airport |
| Shelbyville, TN | 22 mi west | 141 | May to September | same station |
| McMinnville, TN | 22 mi northeast | 118 | May to September | Upper Cumberland Regional Air |
| Murfreesboro, TN | 33 mi northwest | 79 | May | Smyrna Airport |
| Lewisburg, TN | 40 mi west | 118 | May to September | Ellington |
How Manchester ranks in TN
Of 65 TN places with 10,000 people or more, Manchester (population 13,484, 48th largest) ranks 4th for painting days, 51 days above the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Winchester, 154 days, 19 miles south. The shortest is Elizabethton at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 68 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Tullahoma Regional Airport Wi (11.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.