When to paint a house exterior in Melissa, TX
When to paint in Melissa, TX
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 2 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March 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, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 4Feb
- 8Mar
- 12Apr
- 15May
- 6Jun
- 2Jul
- 2Aug
- 8Sep
- 14Oct
- 6Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 8 | 35° / 57°F |
| February | 4 | 4 | 12 | 39° / 61°F |
| March | 8 | 7 | 17 | 48° / 70°F |
| April | 12 | 11 | 19 | 54° / 76°F |
| May | 15 | 9 | 16 | 63° / 83°F |
| June | 6 | 4 | 6 | 71° / 91°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 2 | 75° / 96°F |
| August | 2 | 1 | 2 | 74° / 96°F |
| September | 8 | 8 | 8 | 68° / 90°F |
| October | 14 | 14 | 19 | 56° / 81°F |
| November | 6 | 6 | 16 | 46° / 68°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 12 | 40° / 61°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 56 days a year here.
Towns near Melissa compared
Every one of the 6 closest places lands within three days of Melissa's 81 a year, so the season here is the regional season. Anna, Princeton, McKinney, Fairview, Celina, Allen are read from the same station as Melissa, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Melissa | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna, TX | 4 mi north | 81 | May | same station |
| Princeton, TX | 8 mi south | 81 | May | same station |
| McKinney, TX | 9 mi southwest | 81 | May | same station |
| Fairview, TX | 11 mi south | 81 | May | same station |
| Celina, TX | 14 mi west | 81 | May | same station |
| Allen, TX | 14 mi southwest | 81 | May | same station |
How Melissa ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Melissa (population 26,194, 124th largest) ranks 169th for painting days, 8 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 264 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 56 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Mckinney Municipal Airport (7.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.