When to paint a house exterior in Red Bank, TN
When to paint in Red Bank, TN
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 2 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March 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 Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 2Mar
- 7Apr
- 13May
- 8Jun
- 2Jul
- 7Aug
- 13Sep
- 11Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 32° / 55°F |
| February | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36° / 61°F |
| March | 2 | 1 | 12 | 43° / 69°F |
| April | 7 | 4 | 17 | 49° / 76°F |
| May | 13 | 10 | 17 | 59° / 84°F |
| June | 8 | 5 | 8 | 67° / 90°F |
| July | 2 | under 1 | 2 | 71° / 93°F |
| August | 7 | 5 | 7 | 70° / 91°F |
| September | 13 | 13 | 13 | 64° / 88°F |
| October | 11 | 10 | 21 | 52° / 78°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 13 | 41° / 67°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 37° / 59°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 54 days a year here.
Towns near Red Bank compared
Every one of the 6 closest places lands within three days of Red Bank's 68 a year, so the season here is the regional season. Chattanooga, East Ridge, Soddy-Daisy, Fort Oglethorpe, Collegedale, Cleveland are read from the same station as Red Bank, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Red Bank | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga, TN | 4 mi southeast | 68 | May | same station |
| East Ridge, TN | 9 mi southeast | 68 | May | same station |
| Soddy-Daisy, TN | 13 mi northeast | 68 | May | same station |
| Fort Oglethorpe, GA | 13 mi south | 68 | May | same station |
| Collegedale, TN | 15 mi east | 68 | May | same station |
| Cleveland, TN | 24 mi east | 68 | May | same station |
How Red Bank ranks in TN
Of 65 TN places with 10,000 people or more, Red Bank (population 12,073, 54th largest) ranks 54th for painting days, 22 days below the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Winchester, 154 days, 46 miles west. The shortest is Elizabethton at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 54 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Lovell Field Airport (7.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.