When to paint a house exterior in Port Arthur, TX
When to paint in Port Arthur, 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, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 4Feb
- 9Mar
- 13Apr
- 15May
- 3Jun
- 1Jul
- under 1Aug
- 4Sep
- 14Oct
- 8Nov
- 2Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 12 | 43° / 67°F |
| February | 4 | 2 | 12 | 47° / 71°F |
| March | 9 | 6 | 16 | 54° / 77°F |
| April | 13 | 10 | 17 | 59° / 81°F |
| May | 15 | 10 | 15 | 67° / 87°F |
| June | 3 | 2 | 3 | 73° / 92°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 75° / 94°F |
| August | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 75° / 95°F |
| September | 4 | 3 | 4 | 71° / 91°F |
| October | 14 | 12 | 16 | 61° / 85°F |
| November | 8 | 7 | 16 | 52° / 76°F |
| December | 2 | 2 | 12 | 48° / 71°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 49 days a year here.
Towns near Port Arthur compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Orange (89 a year, 18 miles northeast). 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. Groves, Port Neches, Nederland, Beaumont, Lumberton are read from the same station as Port Arthur, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Port Arthur | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groves, TX | 3 mi northwest | 75 | April to May | same station |
| Port Neches, TX | 6 mi northwest | 75 | April to May | same station |
| Nederland, TX | 8 mi northwest | 75 | April to May | same station |
| Orange, TX | 18 mi northeast | 89 | April to May | Orange County Airport |
| Beaumont, TX | 20 mi northwest | 75 | April to May | same station |
| Lumberton, TX | 31 mi northwest | 75 | April to May | same station |
How Port Arthur ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Port Arthur (population 55,799, 69th largest) ranks 203rd for painting days, 14 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 77 miles west. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 49 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Southeast Texas Regional Airport (8.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.