When to paint a house exterior in Southlake, TX
When to paint in Southlake, 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 October, at about 14 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, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 3Feb
- 8Mar
- 13Apr
- 11May
- 2Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 6Sep
- 14Oct
- 8Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 10 | 35° / 61°F |
| February | 3 | 1 | 12 | 38° / 65°F |
| March | 8 | 6 | 19 | 48° / 74°F |
| April | 13 | 11 | 20 | 54° / 80°F |
| May | 11 | 7 | 12 | 64° / 86°F |
| June | 2 | 1 | 2 | 73° / 94°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 77° / 98°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 76° / 98°F |
| September | 6 | 6 | 6 | 70° / 92°F |
| October | 14 | 14 | 18 | 58° / 83°F |
| November | 8 | 8 | 20 | 47° / 71°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 17 | 40° / 65°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 65 days a year here.
Towns near Southlake compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Trophy Club (85 a year, 3 miles northwest). 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. Colleyville, Grapevine, Flower Mound are read from the same station as Southlake, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Southlake | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trophy Club, TX | 3 mi northwest | 85 | April to May | Fort Worth Alliance Airport |
| Colleyville, TX | 4 mi south | 72 | April | same station |
| Grapevine, TX | 4 mi east | 72 | April | same station |
| Keller, TX | 5 mi west | 85 | April to May | Fort Worth Alliance Airport |
| Flower Mound, TX | 6 mi north | 72 | April | same station |
| Roanoke, TX | 6 mi northwest | 85 | April to May | Fort Worth Alliance Airport |
How Southlake ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Southlake (population 31,500, 114th largest) ranks 220th for painting days, 17 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 257 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 65 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dallas/Fort Worth International (8.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.