When to paint a house exterior in Temple, TX
When to paint in Temple, 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 April, at about 13 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 Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 4Feb
- 10Mar
- 13Apr
- 13May
- 4Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 6Sep
- 13Oct
- 7Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 11 | 37° / 62°F |
| February | 4 | 4 | 12 | 41° / 65°F |
| March | 10 | 9 | 18 | 50° / 74°F |
| April | 13 | 12 | 19 | 56° / 79°F |
| May | 13 | 10 | 14 | 65° / 85°F |
| June | 4 | 1 | 4 | 72° / 93°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74° / 97°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 74° / 98°F |
| September | 6 | 6 | 6 | 69° / 92°F |
| October | 13 | 13 | 17 | 58° / 84°F |
| November | 7 | 7 | 16 | 48° / 71°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 11 | 42° / 65°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 52 days a year here.
Towns near Temple compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Copperas Cove (92 a year, 31 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. Belton is read from the same station as Temple, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Temple | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belton, TX | 6 mi southwest | 77 | April to May | same station |
| Harker Heights, TX | 15 mi west | 88 | April to May | Killeen Municipal Airport |
| Killeen, TX | 20 mi west | 88 | April to May | Killeen Municipal Airport |
| Hewitt, TX | 27 mi northeast | 77 | April | Mc Gregor Executive Airport |
| Robinson, TX | 29 mi northeast | 77 | April | Mc Gregor Executive Airport |
| Copperas Cove, TX | 31 mi west | 92 | April to May | Robert Gray Aff Airport |
How Temple ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Temple (population 96,267, 45th largest) ranks 187th for painting days, 12 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 167 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 52 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Draughon-Miller Cntrl Tx Rgnl (3.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.