When to paint a house exterior in Scottsboro, AL
When to paint in Scottsboro, AL
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is April to October, with 7 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 24 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April to October, call for quotes in February or earlier; a job pushed past October is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 3Feb
- 9Mar
- 15Apr
- 24May
- 22Jun
- 15Jul
- 17Aug
- 20Sep
- 16Oct
- 6Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 9 | 34° / 51°F |
| February | 3 | 3 | 11 | 38° / 58°F |
| March | 9 | 9 | 22 | 44° / 65°F |
| April | 15 | 14 | 27 | 50° / 72°F |
| May | 24 | 24 | 27 | 59° / 79°F |
| June | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66° / 85°F |
| July | 15 | 15 | 15 | 70° / 89°F |
| August | 17 | 17 | 17 | 69° / 87°F |
| September | 20 | 20 | 21 | 64° / 84°F |
| October | 16 | 16 | 25 | 53° / 75°F |
| November | 6 | 6 | 18 | 42° / 63°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 9 | 38° / 55°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 73 days a year here.
Towns near Scottsboro compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Winchester (154 a year, 38 miles north); 3 get fewer, down to 56 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. Albertville, Boaz are read from the same station as Scottsboro, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Scottsboro | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Payne, AL | 24 mi southeast | 56 | May to June | Richard B Russell Airport |
| Albertville, AL | 28 mi south | 149 | April to October | same station |
| Boaz, AL | 31 mi south | 149 | April to October | same station |
| Huntsville, AL | 36 mi west | 92 | May to June | Redstone Army Airfield |
| Winchester, TN | 38 mi north | 154 | April to October | Winchester Municipal Airport |
| Madison, AL | 41 mi west | 64 | May | Huntsville International/C.T.Jones Fie |
How Scottsboro ranks in AL
Of 66 AL places with 10,000 people or more, Scottsboro (population 15,957, 46th largest) ranks 2nd for painting days, 57 days above the state median of 92. The longest season in the state is Albertville, 149 days, 28 miles south. The shortest is Fort Payne at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 73 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from The Albertville Municipal Airport-Tho (31.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.