When to paint a house exterior in San Elizario, TX
When to paint in San Elizario, TX
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is April, with 2 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, call for quotes in February 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 Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 7Mar
- 16Apr
- 10May
- under 1Jun
- under 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 6Sep
- 16Oct
- 4Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 33° / 62°F |
| February | 2 | 1 | 16 | 37° / 68°F |
| March | 7 | 5 | 26 | 45° / 76°F |
| April | 16 | 16 | 25 | 52° / 84°F |
| May | 10 | 7 | 10 | 61° / 92°F |
| June | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 71° / 100°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 73° / 100°F |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72° / 98°F |
| September | 6 | 5 | 6 | 66° / 93°F |
| October | 16 | 14 | 21 | 55° / 84°F |
| November | 4 | 4 | 24 | 42° / 72°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 14 | 35° / 63°F |
Deck stain does best in April. Low-temperature paint adds about 89 days a year here.
Towns near San Elizario compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Sunland Park (89 a year, 26 miles northwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 55 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. Socorro, Horizon City are read from the same station as San Elizario, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From San Elizario | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socorro, TX | 4 mi north | 63 | April | same station |
| Horizon City, TX | 8 mi northeast | 63 | April | same station |
| El Paso, TX | 21 mi northwest | 67 | April to May | Biggs Army Airfield / Fort Bliss Texas Us |
| Sunland Park, NM | 26 mi northwest | 89 | April to May | Dona Ana County International Jetport |
| Las Cruces, NM | 60 mi northwest | 55 | October | Las Cruces International Airport |
| Alamogordo, NM | 92 mi north | 71 | September to October | Alamogordo-White Sands Rgl Airport |
How San Elizario ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, San Elizario (population 10,128, 251st largest) ranks 236th for painting days, 26 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 674 miles east. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 89 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from El Paso International Airport (17.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.