When to paint a house exterior in Martin, TN
When to paint in Martin, TN
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 May, at about 21 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 Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 7Mar
- 11Apr
- 21May
- 14Jun
- 8Jul
- 12Aug
- 19Sep
- 10Oct
- 5Nov
- 2Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 33° / 48°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 9 | 34° / 55°F |
| March | 7 | 7 | 19 | 44° / 64°F |
| April | 11 | 11 | 24 | 49° / 71°F |
| May | 21 | 21 | 24 | 60° / 79°F |
| June | 14 | 14 | 14 | 67° / 88°F |
| July | 8 | 8 | 8 | 71° / 90°F |
| August | 12 | 12 | 12 | 68° / 88°F |
| September | 19 | 19 | 21 | 61° / 83°F |
| October | 10 | 10 | 23 | 50° / 74°F |
| November | 5 | 5 | 15 | 40° / 62°F |
| December | 2 | 2 | 7 | 36° / 55°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 71 days a year here.
Towns near Martin compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Paris (127 a year, 30 miles east); 3 get fewer, down to 70 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. Union City is read from the same station as Martin, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Martin | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union City, TN | 13 mi northwest | 112 | May to June | same station |
| Paris, TN | 30 mi east | 127 | May to September | Henry County |
| Murray, KY | 35 mi northeast | 116 | August to October | Kyle Oakley Field Airport |
| Dyersburg, TN | 36 mi southwest | 107 | May to June | Dyersburg Municipal Airport |
| Jackson, TN | 47 mi south | 79 | May | Mckellar-Sipes Rgnl Airport |
| Paducah, KY | 52 mi north | 70 | August to October | Barkley Regional Airport |
How Martin ranks in TN
Of 65 TN places with 10,000 people or more, Martin (population 10,989, 58th largest) ranks 27th for painting days, 22 days above the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Winchester, 154 days, 173 miles southeast. The shortest is Elizabethton at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 71 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Everett-Stewart Airport (8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.