When to paint a house exterior in Port Lavaca, TX
When to paint in Port Lavaca, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is March to May, with 5 good months a year. The best month is April, at about 17 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March to May, call for quotes in January 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.
- 4Jan
- 6Feb
- 14Mar
- 17Apr
- 14May
- 3Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 7Sep
- 16Oct
- 13Nov
- 5Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | 3 | 14 | 47° / 67°F |
| February | 6 | 6 | 15 | 51° / 71°F |
| March | 14 | 14 | 17 | 59° / 77°F |
| April | 17 | 17 | 18 | 64° / 81°F |
| May | 14 | 11 | 14 | 72° / 87°F |
| June | 3 | under 1 | 3 | 76° / 92°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 77° / 94°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 78° / 95°F |
| September | 7 | 4 | 7 | 74° / 91°F |
| October | 16 | 14 | 17 | 66° / 86°F |
| November | 13 | 13 | 18 | 57° / 75°F |
| December | 5 | 5 | 16 | 51° / 71°F |
Deck stain does best in April. Low-temperature paint adds about 40 days a year here.
Towns near Port Lavaca compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Ingleside (146 a year, 63 miles southwest); 4 get fewer, down to 69 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 Port Lavaca | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria, TX | 26 mi northwest | 69 | April | Victoria Regional Airport |
| El Campo, TX | 46 mi northeast | 92 | April to May | Wharton Regional Airport |
| Rockport, TX | 47 mi southwest | 131 | March to May | Aransas County Airport |
| Bay City, TX | 48 mi northeast | 88 | April to May | Bay City Municipal Airport |
| Ingleside, TX | 63 mi southwest | 146 | April to July | Mustang Beach Airport |
| Portland, TX | 66 mi southwest | 90 | March to May | Corpus Christi International |
How Port Lavaca ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Port Lavaca (population 11,299, 228th largest) ranks 53rd for painting days, 11 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 114 miles northeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 40 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Calhoun County Airport (4.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.