When to paint a house exterior in Oak Ridge, TN
When to paint in Oak Ridge, TN
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 2 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 13 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 May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 5Apr
- 12May
- 11Jun
- 5Jul
- 10Aug
- 13Sep
- 8Oct
- 2Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 30° / 51°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 3 | 34° / 58°F |
| March | 2 | 1 | 10 | 40° / 67°F |
| April | 5 | 4 | 14 | 46° / 75°F |
| May | 12 | 10 | 17 | 57° / 82°F |
| June | 11 | 9 | 11 | 64° / 88°F |
| July | 5 | 3 | 5 | 69° / 91°F |
| August | 10 | 7 | 10 | 68° / 89°F |
| September | 13 | 13 | 15 | 62° / 86°F |
| October | 8 | 7 | 20 | 50° / 76°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 10 | 39° / 64°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 4 | 34° / 56°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 49 days a year here.
Towns near Oak Ridge compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Knoxville (124 a year, 19 miles east). 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. Farragut, Lenoir City, Clinton are read from the same station as Oak Ridge, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Oak Ridge | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farragut, TN | 9 mi southeast | 69 | May | same station |
| Lenoir City, TN | 10 mi south | 69 | May | same station |
| Clinton, TN | 13 mi northeast | 69 | May | same station |
| Knoxville, TN | 19 mi east | 124 | April to June | Knoxville Downtown Island |
| Alcoa, TN | 21 mi southeast | 77 | May to June | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport |
| Maryville, TN | 23 mi southeast | 77 | May to June | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport |
How Oak Ridge ranks in TN
Of 65 TN places with 10,000 people or more, Oak Ridge (population 34,039, 25th largest) ranks 46th for painting days, 20 days below the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Winchester, 154 days, 115 miles southwest. The shortest is Elizabethton at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 49 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Oak Ridge (5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.