When to paint a house exterior in Pampa, TX
When to paint in Pampa, TX
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is April to June, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 11 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 Apr, May, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 7Apr
- 10May
- 9Jun
- 4Jul
- 6Aug
- 11Sep
- 10Oct
- 2Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 27° / 56°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 8 | 30° / 64°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 17 | 37° / 70°F |
| April | 7 | 7 | 23 | 45° / 77°F |
| May | 10 | 4 | 17 | 55° / 84°F |
| June | 9 | 3 | 9 | 65° / 92°F |
| July | 4 | 2 | 4 | 68° / 96°F |
| August | 6 | 2 | 6 | 67° / 94°F |
| September | 11 | 11 | 13 | 61° / 90°F |
| October | 10 | 9 | 23 | 48° / 78°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 14 | 37° / 65°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 7 | 30° / 58°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 82 days a year here.
Towns near Pampa compared
5 get fewer, down to 41 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 Pampa | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borger, TX | 26 mi west | 57 | April to May | Hutchinson County Airport |
| Amarillo, TX | 54 mi southwest | 41 | May to June | Amarillo Rick Husband International Airport |
| Dumas, TX | 60 mi west | 46 | May to June | Moore County Airport |
| Canyon, TX | 66 mi southwest | 41 | May to June | Amarillo Rick Husband International Airport |
| Guymon, OK | 84 mi north | 41 | May | Guymon Municipal Airport |
| Elk City, OK | 87 mi east | 65 | September | Elk City Municipal Airport |
How Pampa ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Pampa (population 16,487, 181st largest) ranks 238th for painting days, 26 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 529 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 82 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Perry Lefors Field Airport (4.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.