When to paint a house exterior in Universal City, TX
When to paint in Universal City, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is March to April, with 3 good months a year. The best month is October, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March to April, call for quotes in January 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 Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 3Jan
- 6Feb
- 12Mar
- 13Apr
- 10May
- 3Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 4Sep
- 14Oct
- 11Nov
- 5Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 3 | 14 | 42° / 65°F |
| February | 6 | 6 | 15 | 46° / 69°F |
| March | 12 | 11 | 20 | 54° / 76°F |
| April | 13 | 10 | 17 | 59° / 82°F |
| May | 10 | 6 | 10 | 67° / 87°F |
| June | 3 | 1 | 3 | 73° / 94°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75° / 97°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 75° / 98°F |
| September | 4 | 3 | 4 | 71° / 92°F |
| October | 14 | 13 | 16 | 61° / 85°F |
| November | 11 | 11 | 19 | 52° / 73°F |
| December | 5 | 5 | 15 | 46° / 68°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.
Towns near Universal City compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in San Antonio (85 a year, 14 miles southwest). 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. Live Oak, Selma, Converse, Schertz, Cibolo are read from the same station as Universal City, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Universal City | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak, TX | 2 mi west | 81 | March to April | same station |
| Selma, TX | 2 mi north | 81 | March to April | same station |
| Converse, TX | 3 mi south | 81 | March to April | same station |
| Schertz, TX | 3 mi east | 81 | March to April | same station |
| Cibolo, TX | 5 mi east | 81 | March to April | same station |
| San Antonio, TX | 14 mi southwest | 85 | March to April | San Antonio International Air |
How Universal City ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Universal City (population 20,267, 152nd largest) ranks 176th for painting days, 8 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 190 miles east. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 53 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Randolph Air Force Base Airport (3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.