When to paint a house exterior in Roma, TX
When to paint in Roma, TX
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is March, with 2 good months a year. The best month is November, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March, call for quotes in January or earlier; a job pushed past March is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec.
- 9Jan
- 10Feb
- 13Mar
- 7Apr
- 2May
- under 1Jun
- under 1Jul
- under 1Aug
- 2Sep
- 7Oct
- 15Nov
- 11Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9 | 8 | 21 | 45° / 74°F |
| February | 10 | 7 | 18 | 51° / 81°F |
| March | 13 | 5 | 16 | 61° / 88°F |
| April | 7 | 3 | 9 | 65° / 92°F |
| May | 2 | under 1 | 2 | 73° / 97°F |
| June | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 77° / 101°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 78° / 103°F |
| August | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 78° / 103°F |
| September | 2 | 1 | 2 | 74° / 98°F |
| October | 7 | 3 | 9 | 66° / 91°F |
| November | 15 | 11 | 21 | 57° / 80°F |
| December | 11 | 10 | 23 | 50° / 77°F |
Deck stain does best in November. Low-temperature paint adds about 44 days a year here.
Towns near Roma compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Rio Grande City (99 a year, 12 miles east). 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 Roma | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande City, TX | 12 mi east | 99 | November to March | Mc Allen Miller International Airport |
| Palmview, TX | 41 mi east | 99 | November to March | Mc Allen Miller International Airport |
| Alton, TX | 44 mi east | 99 | November to March | Mc Allen Miller International Airport |
| Mission, TX | 44 mi east | 99 | November to March | Mc Allen Miller International Airport |
| McAllen, TX | 49 mi east | 99 | November to March | Mc Allen Miller International Airport |
| Hidalgo, TX | 51 mi southeast | 99 | November to March | Mc Allen Miller International Airport |
How Roma ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Roma (population 11,635, 224th largest) ranks 195th for painting days, 12 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 325 miles northeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 44 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Zapata County Airport (41.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.