When to paint a house exterior in Tupelo, MS
When to paint in Tupelo, MS
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 1 good month a year. The best month is May, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March 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.
- 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 4Mar
- 7Apr
- 13May
- 6Jun
- 1Jul
- 4Aug
- 10Sep
- 11Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 34° / 57°F |
| February | 2 | 1 | 5 | 37° / 62°F |
| March | 4 | 4 | 12 | 44° / 71°F |
| April | 7 | 6 | 17 | 50° / 77°F |
| May | 13 | 7 | 15 | 60° / 85°F |
| June | 6 | 3 | 6 | 68° / 91°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 73° / 94°F |
| August | 4 | 2 | 4 | 71° / 93°F |
| September | 10 | 9 | 10 | 65° / 90°F |
| October | 11 | 10 | 20 | 53° / 80°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 12 | 42° / 68°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 5 | 38° / 61°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 50 days a year here.
Towns near Tupelo compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Oxford (135 a year, 46 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.
| Place | From Tupelo | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford, MS | 46 mi west | 135 | April to June | Oxford Univ |
| Corinth, MS | 48 mi north | 129 | April to June | William L Whitehurst Field |
| Columbus, MS | 56 mi south | 70 | May | Columbus Air Force Base Airport |
| Starkville, MS | 56 mi south | 96 | April to May | Golden Triangle Rgnl Airport |
| Russellville, AL | 60 mi east | 79 | May | North West Alabama Regional A |
| Grenada, MS | 70 mi southwest | 82 | May | Greenwood-Leflore Airport |
How Tupelo ranks in MS
Of 41 MS places with 10,000 people or more, Tupelo (population 37,775, 7th largest) ranks 41st for painting days, 26 days below the state median of 87. The longest season in the state is Oxford, 135 days, 46 miles west. No place in MS has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 50 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Tupelo Regional Airport (2.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.