When to paint a house exterior in Saginaw, TX
When to paint in Saginaw, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is April to May, with 3 good months a year. The best month is April, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April to May, call for quotes in February 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 Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 5Feb
- 11Mar
- 16Apr
- 13May
- 4Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 7Sep
- 15Oct
- 9Nov
- 4Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 14 | 37° / 59°F |
| February | 5 | 4 | 14 | 40° / 63°F |
| March | 11 | 8 | 20 | 50° / 72°F |
| April | 16 | 13 | 21 | 56° / 77°F |
| May | 13 | 10 | 13 | 65° / 85°F |
| June | 4 | 3 | 4 | 73° / 94°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 76° / 98°F |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 77° / 97°F |
| September | 7 | 7 | 7 | 70° / 91°F |
| October | 15 | 15 | 18 | 58° / 81°F |
| November | 9 | 8 | 19 | 48° / 69°F |
| December | 4 | 4 | 17 | 42° / 63°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 61 days a year here.
Towns near Saginaw compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in White Settlement (94 a year, 9 miles southwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 85 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. Fort Worth, Haltom City, Watauga, North Richland Hills are read from the same station as Saginaw, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Saginaw | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth, TX | 6 mi south | 89 | April to May | same station |
| Haltom City, TX | 6 mi southeast | 89 | April to May | same station |
| Watauga, TX | 7 mi east | 89 | April to May | same station |
| North Richland Hills, TX | 8 mi east | 89 | April to May | same station |
| Keller, TX | 9 mi northeast | 85 | April to May | Fort Worth Alliance Airport |
| White Settlement, TX | 9 mi southwest | 94 | April to May | Fort Worth Naval Air Station |
How Saginaw ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Saginaw (population 26,116, 125th largest) ranks 131st for painting days, right at the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 257 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 61 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (3.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.