When to paint a house exterior in Nixa, MO
When to paint in Nixa, MO
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is June, with 2 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June, call for quotes in April 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 5Apr
- 10May
- 13Jun
- 7Jul
- 11Aug
- 15Sep
- 8Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 47°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 27° / 53°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 9 | 36° / 63°F |
| April | 5 | 4 | 14 | 44° / 71°F |
| May | 10 | 7 | 15 | 55° / 78°F |
| June | 13 | 10 | 13 | 64° / 88°F |
| July | 7 | 5 | 7 | 69° / 91°F |
| August | 11 | 9 | 11 | 67° / 89°F |
| September | 15 | 14 | 18 | 61° / 86°F |
| October | 8 | 7 | 19 | 47° / 74°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 9 | 35° / 61°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 30° / 53°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.
Towns near Nixa compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Branson (93 a year, 30 miles south). 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. Ozark, Springfield, Republic, Bolivar are read from the same station as Nixa, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Nixa | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozark, MO | 4 mi east | 72 | June | same station |
| Springfield, MO | 10 mi north | 72 | June | same station |
| Republic, MO | 11 mi northwest | 72 | June | same station |
| Branson, MO | 30 mi south | 93 | June | Boone County Airport |
| Monett, MO | 36 mi west | 83 | September | Joplin Regional Airport |
| Bolivar, MO | 39 mi north | 72 | June | same station |
How Nixa ranks in MO
Of 80 MO places with 10,000 people or more, Nixa (population 26,352, 27th largest) ranks 43rd for painting days, right at the state median of 72. The longest season in the state is Branson, 93 days, 30 miles south. The shortest is Moberly at 61. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 53 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Springfield-Branson Regional (14.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.