When to paint a house exterior in Montgomery, AL
When to paint in Montgomery, AL
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 October, at about 16 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
- 7Mar
- 12Apr
- 14May
- 7Jun
- 2Jul
- 3Aug
- 10Sep
- 16Oct
- 5Nov
- 2Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 7 | 39° / 60°F |
| February | 4 | 3 | 11 | 45° / 67°F |
| March | 7 | 7 | 17 | 50° / 73°F |
| April | 12 | 10 | 20 | 54° / 78°F |
| May | 14 | 11 | 16 | 63° / 85°F |
| June | 7 | 5 | 7 | 70° / 90°F |
| July | 2 | under 1 | 2 | 73° / 92°F |
| August | 3 | 2 | 3 | 73° / 92°F |
| September | 10 | 10 | 10 | 68° / 89°F |
| October | 16 | 16 | 23 | 58° / 80°F |
| November | 5 | 5 | 17 | 47° / 70°F |
| December | 2 | 2 | 9 | 44° / 63°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 56 days a year here.
Towns near Montgomery compared
2 get fewer, down to 66 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. Pike Road, Millbrook, Prattville are read from the same station as Montgomery, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Montgomery | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Road, AL | 10 mi southeast | 85 | April to May | same station |
| Millbrook, AL | 12 mi northwest | 85 | April to May | same station |
| Prattville, AL | 13 mi northwest | 85 | April to May | same station |
| Troy, AL | 42 mi southeast | 85 | April to May | Troy Municipal Airport |
| Alexander City, AL | 44 mi northeast | 66 | May | Thomas C Russell Field Airport |
| Selma, AL | 45 mi west | 72 | May | Montgomery Rgnl (Dannelly Fd) |
How Montgomery ranks in AL
Of 66 AL places with 10,000 people or more, Montgomery (population 195,818, 4th largest) ranks 40th for painting days, 6 days below the state median of 92. The longest season in the state is Albertville, 149 days, 132 miles north. The shortest is Fort Payne at 56. 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 Maxwell Air Force Base Airport (5.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.