When to paint a house exterior in Texarkana, TX
When to paint in Texarkana, 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 16 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, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 4Feb
- 8Mar
- 12Apr
- 14May
- 6Jun
- 2Jul
- 4Aug
- 12Sep
- 16Oct
- 6Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 9 | 37° / 57°F |
| February | 4 | 4 | 10 | 41° / 62°F |
| March | 8 | 8 | 17 | 49° / 71°F |
| April | 12 | 9 | 18 | 55° / 76°F |
| May | 14 | 8 | 14 | 64° / 84°F |
| June | 6 | 3 | 6 | 71° / 91°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 2 | 75° / 94°F |
| August | 4 | 2 | 4 | 73° / 93°F |
| September | 12 | 11 | 12 | 67° / 89°F |
| October | 16 | 16 | 21 | 57° / 80°F |
| November | 6 | 6 | 16 | 47° / 68°F |
| December | 3 | 3 | 11 | 42° / 61°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 51 days a year here.
Towns near Texarkana compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Marshall (96 a year, 65 miles south); 4 get fewer, down to 70 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. Texarkana is read from the same station as Texarkana, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Texarkana | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texarkana, AR | 6 mi east | 87 | April to May | same station |
| Magnolia, AR | 51 mi east | 70 | May | S. Ar Rgnl At Gdwin Field Airport |
| Mount Pleasant, TX | 55 mi west | 80 | May | Mount Pleasant Rgnl Airport |
| Marshall, TX | 65 mi south | 96 | April to May | Harrison County Airport |
| Bossier City, LA | 69 mi south | 75 | May | Barksdale Air Force Base |
| Shreveport, LA | 70 mi south | 74 | April to May | Shreveport Regional Airport |
How Texarkana ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Texarkana (population 35,971, 105th largest) ranks 139th for painting days, 1 day below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 270 miles south. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 51 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Texarkana Regional Airport-We (5.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.