When to paint a house exterior in Picayune, MS
When to paint in Picayune, 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 18 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, Dec.
- 2Jan
- 6Feb
- 11Mar
- 13Apr
- 17May
- 3Jun
- 2Jul
- 1Aug
- 6Sep
- 18Oct
- 6Nov
- 4Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 10 | 43° / 64°F |
| February | 6 | 5 | 11 | 50° / 70°F |
| March | 11 | 10 | 20 | 54° / 75°F |
| April | 13 | 10 | 18 | 57° / 79°F |
| May | 17 | 12 | 17 | 67° / 87°F |
| June | 3 | 2 | 3 | 73° / 92°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 2 | 75° / 92°F |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75° / 93°F |
| September | 6 | 5 | 6 | 71° / 89°F |
| October | 18 | 18 | 22 | 60° / 83°F |
| November | 6 | 6 | 16 | 50° / 73°F |
| December | 4 | 4 | 12 | 48° / 68°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.
Towns near Picayune compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bay St. Louis (104 a year, 23 miles southeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 84 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. Slidell, Covington, Mandeville are read from the same station as Picayune, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Picayune | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slidell, LA | 18 mi south | 90 | April to May | same station |
| Bogalusa, LA | 20 mi northwest | 84 | April to May | George R Carr Memorial Air Fi |
| Bay St. Louis, MS | 23 mi southeast | 104 | April to May | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport |
| Covington, LA | 26 mi west | 90 | April to May | same station |
| Mandeville, LA | 28 mi west | 90 | April to May | same station |
| Long Beach, MS | 33 mi east | 104 | April to May | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport |
How Picayune ranks in MS
Of 41 MS places with 10,000 people or more, Picayune (population 12,017, 33rd largest) ranks 20th for painting days, 3 days above the state median of 87. The longest season in the state is Oxford, 135 days, 264 miles north. The shortest is Tupelo at 61. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 48 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Slidell Airport (15.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.