When to paint a house exterior in Mesquite, TX
When to paint in Mesquite, 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 May, at about 21 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, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 4Feb
- 11Mar
- 17Apr
- 21May
- 6Jun
- 3Jul
- 4Aug
- 11Sep
- 18Oct
- 7Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 10 | 36° / 58°F |
| February | 4 | 3 | 12 | 41° / 62°F |
| March | 11 | 10 | 21 | 49° / 71°F |
| April | 17 | 15 | 25 | 55° / 76°F |
| May | 21 | 16 | 21 | 64° / 84°F |
| June | 6 | 4 | 6 | 72° / 92°F |
| July | 3 | 2 | 3 | 74° / 96°F |
| August | 4 | 2 | 4 | 74° / 96°F |
| September | 11 | 11 | 12 | 68° / 90°F |
| October | 18 | 17 | 23 | 57° / 81°F |
| November | 7 | 5 | 16 | 47° / 68°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 11 | 41° / 62°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 58 days a year here.
Towns near Mesquite compared
3 get fewer, down to 90 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. Balch Springs, Seagoville, Forney are read from the same station as Mesquite, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Mesquite | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balch Springs, TX | 4 mi southwest | 106 | April to May | same station |
| Seagoville, TX | 8 mi south | 106 | April to May | same station |
| Forney, TX | 8 mi east | 106 | April to May | same station |
| Heath, TX | 10 mi northeast | 90 | April to May | Ralph M Hall Rockwall Municip |
| Garland, TX | 11 mi north | 90 | April to May | Ralph M Hall Rockwall Municip |
| Dallas, TX | 11 mi west | 92 | March to May | Dallas Love Field Airport |
How Mesquite ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Mesquite (population 150,140, 21st largest) ranks 40th for painting days, 17 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 231 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 58 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Mesquite Metropolitan Airport (3.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.