When to paint a house exterior in Mountain Home, AR
When to paint in Mountain Home, AR
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 3 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 17 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March 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 Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 3Mar
- 8Apr
- 12May
- 15Jun
- 8Jul
- 10Aug
- 17Sep
- 11Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 48°F |
| February | 2 | 1 | 7 | 32° / 54°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 13 | 41° / 64°F |
| April | 8 | 5 | 15 | 48° / 71°F |
| May | 12 | 8 | 16 | 58° / 78°F |
| June | 15 | 12 | 15 | 66° / 87°F |
| July | 8 | 6 | 8 | 70° / 90°F |
| August | 10 | 9 | 10 | 68° / 88°F |
| September | 17 | 15 | 18 | 62° / 84°F |
| October | 11 | 11 | 21 | 51° / 74°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 13 | 40° / 61°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 7 | 34° / 54°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Mountain Home compared
3 get fewer, down to 72 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.
| Place | From Mountain Home | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Plains, MO | 40 mi northeast | 88 | May to June | West Plains Municipal Airport |
| Harrison, AR | 41 mi west | 93 | June | Boone County Airport |
| Branson, MO | 54 mi west | 93 | June | Boone County Airport |
| Batesville, AR | 58 mi southeast | 82 | May | Batesville Regional Airport |
| Ozark, MO | 67 mi northwest | 72 | June | Springfield-Branson Regional |
| Nixa, MO | 70 mi northwest | 72 | June | Springfield-Branson Regional |
How Mountain Home ranks in AR
Of 39 AR places with 10,000 people or more, Mountain Home (population 13,348, 30th largest) ranks 9th for painting days, 6 days above the state median of 84. The longest season in the state is Springdale, 148 days, 99 miles west. The shortest is Van Buren at 60. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 57 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Ozark Regional Airport (5.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.