When to paint a house exterior in Sapulpa, OK
When to paint in Sapulpa, OK
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 1 good month a year. The best month is May, at about 12 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 Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 5Mar
- 9Apr
- 12May
- 6Jun
- 3Jul
- 5Aug
- 12Sep
- 11Oct
- 4Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 5 | 28° / 52°F |
| February | 2 | 2 | 8 | 32° / 57°F |
| March | 5 | 4 | 15 | 43° / 67°F |
| April | 9 | 8 | 18 | 50° / 75°F |
| May | 12 | 9 | 15 | 60° / 81°F |
| June | 6 | 4 | 6 | 69° / 91°F |
| July | 3 | 2 | 3 | 73° / 95°F |
| August | 5 | 4 | 5 | 71° / 94°F |
| September | 12 | 11 | 12 | 65° / 89°F |
| October | 11 | 9 | 19 | 52° / 77°F |
| November | 4 | 4 | 14 | 40° / 65°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 9 | 34° / 56°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Sapulpa compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Sand Springs (75 a year, 9 miles north); 1 gets fewer, down to 58 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. Glenpool, Jenks, Bixby, Broken Arrow are read from the same station as Sapulpa, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Sapulpa | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenpool, OK | 8 mi southeast | 70 | May | same station |
| Jenks, OK | 8 mi east | 70 | May | same station |
| Sand Springs, OK | 9 mi north | 75 | May | William R Pouge Municipal Air |
| Bixby, OK | 14 mi east | 70 | May | same station |
| Tulsa, OK | 15 mi northeast | 58 | April to May | Tulsa International Airport |
| Broken Arrow, OK | 19 mi east | 70 | May | same station |
How Sapulpa ranks in OK
Of 45 OK places with 10,000 people or more, Sapulpa (population 23,297, 21st largest) ranks 26th for painting days, right at the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Tahlequah, 109 days, 64 miles east. The shortest is Guymon at 41. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 57 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport (8.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.