When to paint a house exterior in Northport, AL
When to paint in Northport, AL
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 14 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, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 3Feb
- 7Mar
- 10Apr
- 14May
- 7Jun
- 2Jul
- 3Aug
- 11Sep
- 14Oct
- 5Nov
- 2Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 1 | 6 | 37° / 58°F |
| February | 3 | 3 | 7 | 42° / 65°F |
| March | 7 | 5 | 14 | 48° / 72°F |
| April | 10 | 7 | 18 | 53° / 77°F |
| May | 14 | 11 | 16 | 62° / 85°F |
| June | 7 | 4 | 7 | 69° / 91°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 2 | 73° / 92°F |
| August | 3 | 2 | 3 | 72° / 92°F |
| September | 11 | 11 | 11 | 67° / 89°F |
| October | 14 | 14 | 22 | 55° / 80°F |
| November | 5 | 4 | 14 | 45° / 69°F |
| December | 2 | 2 | 7 | 42° / 62°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Northport compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Alabaster (97 a year, 45 miles east); 1 gets fewer, down to 71 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. Tuscaloosa is read from the same station as Northport, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Northport | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 4 mi east | 79 | May | same station |
| Hueytown, AL | 35 mi east | 90 | September to October | Bessemer Aiport |
| Bessemer, AL | 37 mi east | 90 | September to October | Bessemer Aiport |
| Helena, AL | 41 mi east | 90 | September to October | Bessemer Aiport |
| Alabaster, AL | 45 mi east | 97 | September to October | Shelby County Airport |
| Jasper, AL | 45 mi northeast | 71 | April to May | Walker County Airport Bevill |
How Northport ranks in AL
Of 66 AL places with 10,000 people or more, Northport (population 31,492, 19th largest) ranks 47th for painting days, 12 days below the state median of 92. The longest season in the state is Albertville, 149 days, 106 miles northeast. The shortest is Fort Payne at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 47 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Tuscaloosa Municipal Airport (3.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.