When to paint a house exterior in Morristown, TN
When to paint in Morristown, TN
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is April to June, with 5 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 June, call for quotes in February 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.
- 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 6Mar
- 14Apr
- 21May
- 19Jun
- 12Jul
- 15Aug
- 19Sep
- 11Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 6 | 32° / 49°F |
| February | 2 | 2 | 8 | 38° / 58°F |
| March | 6 | 6 | 18 | 42° / 64°F |
| April | 14 | 13 | 25 | 49° / 73°F |
| May | 21 | 21 | 25 | 59° / 80°F |
| June | 19 | 19 | 20 | 64° / 86°F |
| July | 12 | 12 | 12 | 69° / 90°F |
| August | 15 | 15 | 15 | 68° / 88°F |
| September | 19 | 19 | 20 | 63° / 84°F |
| October | 11 | 10 | 23 | 52° / 74°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 15 | 40° / 62°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 6 | 36° / 54°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 69 days a year here.
Towns near Morristown compared
4 get fewer, down to 65 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. Sevierville, Knoxville are read from the same station as Morristown, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Morristown | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevierville, TN | 27 mi southwest | 124 | April to June | same station |
| Greeneville, TN | 27 mi east | 65 | September | Tri-Cities Regional Tn/Va Air |
| Knoxville, TN | 40 mi southwest | 124 | April to June | same station |
| Alcoa, TN | 46 mi southwest | 77 | May to June | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport |
| Clinton, TN | 47 mi west | 69 | May | Oak Ridge |
| Kingsport, TN | 47 mi northeast | 65 | September | Tri-Cities Regional Tn/Va Air |
How Morristown ranks in TN
Of 65 TN places with 10,000 people or more, Morristown (population 32,994, 26th largest) ranks 21st for painting days, 34 days above the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Winchester, 154 days, 172 miles southwest. The shortest is Elizabethton at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 69 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Knoxville Downtown Island (36.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.