PaintDays

When to paint a house exterior in Seabrook, TX

When to paint in Seabrook, TX

A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is March to May, with 6 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 28 painting days. Book a painter by January.

If you want the house done in March to May, call for quotes in January 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 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

  1. 7Jan
  2. 10Feb
  3. 22Mar
  4. 26Apr
  5. 28May
  6. 11Jun
  7. 2Jul
  8. 3Aug
  9. 14Sep
  10. 26Oct
  11. 19Nov
  12. 9Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
January772446° / 64°F
February1072152° / 69°F
March22192659° / 75°F
April26262763° / 79°F
May28282871° / 86°F
June11101177° / 92°F
July21279° / 94°F
August32379° / 95°F
September14111474° / 90°F
October26252766° / 83°F
November19192657° / 74°F
December992251° / 68°F

Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.

Towns near Seabrook compared

2 get fewer, down to 108 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. La Porte, Webster, Deer Park, Pasadena are read from the same station as Seabrook, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom SeabrookPainting days a yearWindowStation
La Porte, TX6 mi northwest177March to Maysame station
Webster, TX9 mi southwest177March to Maysame station
Deer Park, TX10 mi northwest177March to Maysame station
League City, TX10 mi southwest108March to MayClover Field Airport
Pasadena, TX10 mi northwest177March to Maysame station
Dickinson, TX11 mi south108March to MayClover Field Airport

How Seabrook ranks in TX

Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Seabrook (population 13,976, 202nd largest) ranks 5th for painting days, 88 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 10 miles northwest. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 53 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Ellington Field Airport (10.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.