When to paint a house exterior in Petal, MS
When to paint in Petal, MS
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 October, at about 17 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 Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 4Feb
- 10Mar
- 12Apr
- 15May
- 5Jun
- 1Jul
- 2Aug
- 8Sep
- 17Oct
- 5Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 1 | 6 | 40° / 62°F |
| February | 4 | 4 | 10 | 45° / 69°F |
| March | 10 | 9 | 16 | 52° / 75°F |
| April | 12 | 8 | 19 | 56° / 79°F |
| May | 15 | 12 | 16 | 64° / 86°F |
| June | 5 | 3 | 5 | 71° / 91°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 74° / 93°F |
| August | 2 | 1 | 2 | 73° / 93°F |
| September | 8 | 7 | 9 | 69° / 90°F |
| October | 17 | 15 | 23 | 57° / 82°F |
| November | 5 | 5 | 15 | 47° / 72°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 9 | 45° / 66°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Petal compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in D'Iberville (106 a year, 66 miles south). 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. Hattiesburg is read from the same station as Petal, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Petal | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattiesburg, MS | 6 mi southwest | 84 | April to May | same station |
| Laurel, MS | 24 mi north | 83 | May | Hesler Noble Field |
| Bogalusa, LA | 54 mi southwest | 84 | April to May | George R Carr Memorial Air Fi |
| Picayune, MS | 62 mi southwest | 90 | April to May | Slidell Airport |
| Gulfport, MS | 65 mi south | 104 | April to May | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport |
| D'Iberville, MS | 66 mi south | 106 | April to May | Keesler Air Force Base |
How Petal ranks in MS
Of 41 MS places with 10,000 people or more, Petal (population 11,538, 37th largest) ranks 28th for painting days, 3 days below the state median of 87. The longest season in the state is Oxford, 135 days, 208 miles north. The shortest is Tupelo at 61. 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 Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport (4.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.