When to paint a house exterior in Portland, TN
When to paint in Portland, TN
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 3 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 3Mar
- 8Apr
- 14May
- 12Jun
- 8Jul
- 12Aug
- 13Sep
- 10Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 48°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 6 | 34° / 54°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 11 | 41° / 63°F |
| April | 8 | 6 | 16 | 48° / 72°F |
| May | 14 | 10 | 17 | 59° / 80°F |
| June | 12 | 11 | 12 | 67° / 88°F |
| July | 8 | 5 | 8 | 71° / 90°F |
| August | 12 | 9 | 12 | 69° / 89°F |
| September | 13 | 13 | 15 | 62° / 85°F |
| October | 10 | 9 | 20 | 51° / 74°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 11 | 39° / 61°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 5 | 36° / 54°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 50 days a year here.
Towns near Portland compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in White House (134 a year, 12 miles southwest); 2 get fewer, down to 65 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. Franklin is read from the same station as Portland, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Portland | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin, KY | 9 mi north | 85 | May to June | same station |
| White House, TN | 12 mi southwest | 134 | April to October | John C Tune |
| Gallatin, TN | 15 mi south | 65 | April to June | Nashville International Airport |
| Springfield, TN | 20 mi west | 134 | April to October | John C Tune |
| Hendersonville, TN | 21 mi south | 65 | April to June | Nashville International Airport |
| Goodlettsville, TN | 21 mi southwest | 134 | April to October | John C Tune |
How Portland ranks in TN
Of 65 TN places with 10,000 people or more, Portland (population 13,651, 46th largest) ranks 34th for painting days, 5 days below the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Winchester, 154 days, 100 miles south. The shortest is Elizabethton at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 50 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Bow Grn-Warren County. Rgnl Airport (26 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.