When to paint a house exterior in Taylor, TX
When to paint in Taylor, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is March to May, with 4 good months a year. The best month is April, at about 17 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 Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 3Jan
- 5Feb
- 14Mar
- 17Apr
- 13May
- 6Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 6Sep
- 15Oct
- 9Nov
- 4Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 3 | 16 | 42° / 62°F |
| February | 5 | 5 | 14 | 44° / 65°F |
| March | 14 | 11 | 22 | 53° / 74°F |
| April | 17 | 14 | 20 | 58° / 79°F |
| May | 13 | 8 | 13 | 67° / 86°F |
| June | 6 | 4 | 6 | 72° / 92°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 75° / 96°F |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75° / 97°F |
| September | 6 | 6 | 6 | 71° / 91°F |
| October | 15 | 15 | 17 | 61° / 83°F |
| November | 9 | 9 | 19 | 50° / 71°F |
| December | 4 | 2 | 16 | 46° / 67°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 59 days a year here.
Towns near Taylor compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Round Rock (97 a year, 14 miles west). 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. Hutto, Pflugerville, Elgin, Manor are read from the same station as Taylor, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Taylor | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutto, TX | 7 mi west | 91 | March to May | same station |
| Pflugerville, TX | 13 mi southwest | 91 | March to May | same station |
| Round Rock, TX | 14 mi west | 97 | March to May | Georgetown Municipal Airport |
| Elgin, TX | 15 mi south | 91 | March to May | same station |
| Manor, TX | 17 mi southwest | 91 | March to May | same station |
| Georgetown, TX | 17 mi northwest | 97 | March to May | Georgetown Municipal Airport |
How Taylor ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Taylor (population 17,872, 167th largest) ranks 103rd for painting days, 3 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 150 miles southeast. 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 Austin Executive Airport (14.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.