When to paint a house exterior in Mount Pleasant, TX
When to paint in Mount Pleasant, 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 17 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, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 4Feb
- 8Mar
- 10Apr
- 17May
- 6Jun
- 2Jul
- 2Aug
- 10Sep
- 13Oct
- 5Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 8 | 36° / 58°F |
| February | 4 | 3 | 11 | 40° / 62°F |
| March | 8 | 7 | 17 | 48° / 71°F |
| April | 10 | 8 | 18 | 54° / 76°F |
| May | 17 | 10 | 17 | 63° / 84°F |
| June | 6 | 3 | 6 | 70° / 91°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 2 | 73° / 94°F |
| August | 2 | 1 | 2 | 72° / 95°F |
| September | 10 | 9 | 10 | 66° / 90°F |
| October | 13 | 11 | 20 | 55° / 80°F |
| November | 5 | 5 | 15 | 45° / 69°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 10 | 41° / 62°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 56 days a year here.
Towns near Mount Pleasant compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Marshall (96 a year, 56 miles southeast). 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.
| Place | From Mount Pleasant | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs, TX | 37 mi west | 82 | May | Sulphur Springs Municipal Air |
| Longview, TX | 46 mi south | 83 | April to May | East Texas Regional Airport |
| Paris, TX | 48 mi northwest | 84 | April to May | Cox Field Airport |
| Kilgore, TX | 53 mi south | 83 | April to May | East Texas Regional Airport |
| Texarkana, TX | 55 mi east | 87 | April to May | Texarkana Regional Airport-We |
| Marshall, TX | 56 mi southeast | 96 | April to May | Harrison County Airport |
How Mount Pleasant ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Mount Pleasant (population 16,238, 184th largest) ranks 179th for painting days, 9 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 242 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 Mount Pleasant Rgnl Airport (4.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.