When to paint a house exterior in Robstown, TX
When to paint in Robstown, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is February to April, with 4 good months a year. The best month is March, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by December.
If you want the house done in February to April, call for quotes in December or earlier; a job pushed past April is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 8Jan
- 13Feb
- 18Mar
- 17Apr
- 11May
- 2Jun
- under 1Jul
- under 1Aug
- 3Sep
- 12Oct
- 16Nov
- 9Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8 | 8 | 21 | 49° / 71°F |
| February | 13 | 11 | 21 | 53° / 76°F |
| March | 18 | 17 | 22 | 61° / 81°F |
| April | 17 | 15 | 18 | 66° / 85°F |
| May | 11 | 6 | 11 | 72° / 89°F |
| June | 2 | under 1 | 2 | 76° / 93°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 77° / 96°F |
| August | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 77° / 97°F |
| September | 3 | 2 | 3 | 73° / 93°F |
| October | 12 | 12 | 14 | 65° / 87°F |
| November | 16 | 16 | 21 | 58° / 80°F |
| December | 9 | 9 | 19 | 53° / 74°F |
Deck stain does best in March. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Robstown compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Ingleside (146 a year, 29 miles east); 3 get fewer, down to 87 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 Robstown | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland, TX | 22 mi east | 90 | March to May | Corpus Christi International |
| Kingsville, TX | 23 mi southwest | 87 | March to April | Kingsville Naval Air Station |
| Alice, TX | 24 mi west | 87 | March to April | Alice International Airport |
| Ingleside, TX | 29 mi east | 146 | April to July | Mustang Beach Airport |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 30 mi east | 146 | April to July | Mustang Beach Airport |
| Rockport, TX | 42 mi northeast | 131 | March to May | Aransas County Airport |
How Robstown ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Robstown (population 10,383, 241st largest) ranks 28th for painting days, 20 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 200 miles northeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 43 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Nueces County Ariport (1.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.