PaintDays

When to paint a house exterior in Sherman, TX

When to paint in Sherman, 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 October, at about 17 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 Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov.

  1. 2Jan
  2. 4Feb
  3. 9Mar
  4. 14Apr
  5. 16May
  6. 6Jun
  7. 3Jul
  8. 3Aug
  9. 10Sep
  10. 17Oct
  11. 8Nov
  12. 4Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
January22935° / 56°F
February441239° / 60°F
March991948° / 69°F
April14142153° / 75°F
May16151862° / 82°F
June64671° / 91°F
July33375° / 96°F
August32374° / 96°F
September10101068° / 90°F
October17172157° / 79°F
November881847° / 67°F
December441440° / 60°F

Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 59 days a year here.

Towns near Sherman compared

3 get fewer, down to 81 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. Denison, Bonham, Durant are read from the same station as Sherman, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom ShermanPainting days a yearWindowStation
Denison, TX10 mi north95April to Maysame station
Anna, TX20 mi south81MayMckinney Municipal Airport
Celina, TX23 mi southwest81MayMckinney Municipal Airport
Melissa, TX24 mi south81MayMckinney Municipal Airport
Bonham, TX25 mi east95April to Maysame station
Durant, OK29 mi northeast95April to Maysame station

How Sherman ranks in TX

Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Sherman (population 50,229, 75th largest) ranks 77th for painting days, 6 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 288 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 59 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Grayson County Airport (6.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.