When to paint a house exterior in Paris, TX
When to paint in Paris, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is April to May, with 3 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April to May, call for quotes in February 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.
- 1Jan
- 3Feb
- 7Mar
- 13Apr
- 15May
- 8Jun
- 2Jul
- 4Aug
- 11Sep
- 15Oct
- 5Nov
- 2Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 7 | 34° / 56°F |
| February | 3 | 3 | 10 | 38° / 60°F |
| March | 7 | 6 | 16 | 47° / 69°F |
| April | 13 | 9 | 18 | 53° / 75°F |
| May | 15 | 10 | 16 | 62° / 82°F |
| June | 8 | 5 | 8 | 70° / 90°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 2 | 73° / 95°F |
| August | 4 | 3 | 4 | 73° / 94°F |
| September | 11 | 10 | 11 | 67° / 89°F |
| October | 15 | 15 | 21 | 55° / 79°F |
| November | 5 | 4 | 15 | 45° / 67°F |
| December | 2 | 2 | 10 | 40° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.
Towns near Paris compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bonham (95 a year, 37 miles west); 1 gets fewer, down to 80 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 Paris | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs, TX | 37 mi south | 82 | May | Sulphur Springs Municipal Air |
| Bonham, TX | 37 mi west | 95 | April to May | Grayson County Airport |
| Mount Pleasant, TX | 48 mi southeast | 80 | May | Mount Pleasant Rgnl Airport |
| Greenville, TX | 50 mi southwest | 87 | April to May | Majors Airport |
| Durant, OK | 54 mi northwest | 95 | April to May | Grayson County Airport |
| Denison, TX | 60 mi west | 95 | April to May | Grayson County Airport |
How Paris ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Paris (population 25,037, 131st largest) ranks 157th for painting days, 5 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 278 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. 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 Cox Field Airport (6.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.