When to paint a house exterior in Portales, NM
When to paint in Portales, NM
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is September, with 1 good month a year. The best month is September, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by July.
If you want the house done in September, call for quotes in July or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 7May
- 6Jun
- 3Jul
- 5Aug
- 14Sep
- 5Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 24° / 55°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 26° / 61°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 12 | 34° / 69°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 20 | 40° / 76°F |
| May | 7 | 5 | 16 | 50° / 85°F |
| June | 6 | 4 | 6 | 61° / 93°F |
| July | 3 | 3 | 3 | 65° / 95°F |
| August | 5 | 4 | 5 | 64° / 93°F |
| September | 14 | 13 | 16 | 57° / 87°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 20 | 45° / 76°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 11 | 34° / 65°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 27° / 59°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 74 days a year here.
Towns near Portales compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Lovington (81 a year, 85 miles south); 1 gets fewer, down to 29 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 Portales | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clovis, NM | 20 mi northeast | 46 | September | Clovis Municipal Airport |
| Levelland, TX | 70 mi southeast | 41 | September to October | Lubbock International Airport |
| Hereford, TX | 70 mi northeast | 39 | September | Hereford Municipal Airport |
| Lovington, NM | 85 mi south | 81 | September to October | Lea County Regional Airport |
| Roswell, NM | 87 mi southwest | 29 | May | Roswell International Air Cen |
| Plainview, TX | 93 mi east | 55 | September | Hale County Airport |
How Portales ranks in NM
Of 19 NM places with 10,000 people or more, Portales (population 11,789, 17th largest) ranks 12th for painting days, 3 days below the state median of 46. The longest season in the state is Española, 102 days, 199 miles northwest. The shortest is Gallup at 15. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 74 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Cannon Air Force Base Airport (14.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.