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When to paint a house exterior in Olive Branch, MS

When to paint in Olive Branch, MS

A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is April to June, with 6 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 23 painting days. Book a painter by February.

If you want the house done in April to June, call for quotes in February 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 Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.

  1. 1Jan
  2. 2Feb
  3. 8Mar
  4. 13Apr
  5. 23May
  6. 17Jun
  7. 9Jul
  8. 14Aug
  9. 18Sep
  10. 16Oct
  11. 5Nov
  12. 1Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
January11731° / 49°F
February221135° / 56°F
March882243° / 65°F
April13132750° / 72°F
May23232661° / 81°F
June17161768° / 88°F
July97972° / 91°F
August14131470° / 90°F
September18181965° / 86°F
October16162653° / 76°F
November551842° / 63°F
December111037° / 55°F

Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 79 days a year here.

Towns near Olive Branch compared

4 get fewer, down to 75 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. Germantown, Collierville are read from the same station as Olive Branch, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom Olive BranchPainting days a yearWindowStation
Southaven, MS8 mi west75MayMemphis International Airport
Germantown, TN9 mi north125April to Junesame station
Collierville, TN10 mi northeast125April to Junesame station
Hernando, MS11 mi southwest75MayMemphis International Airport
Horn Lake, MS12 mi west75MayMemphis International Airport
Memphis, TN13 mi northwest75MayMemphis International Airport

How Olive Branch ranks in MS

Of 41 MS places with 10,000 people or more, Olive Branch (population 47,365, 6th largest) ranks 3rd for painting days, 38 days above the state median of 87. The longest season in the state is Oxford, 135 days, 45 miles southeast. The shortest is Tupelo at 61. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 79 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Olive Branch Airport (3.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.