When to paint a house exterior in University Park, TX
When to paint in University Park, 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, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 3Jan
- 6Feb
- 13Mar
- 17Apr
- 13May
- 2Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 7Sep
- 16Oct
- 10Nov
- 5Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 3 | 14 | 39° / 59°F |
| February | 6 | 5 | 15 | 42° / 64°F |
| March | 13 | 9 | 20 | 52° / 73°F |
| April | 17 | 14 | 20 | 58° / 79°F |
| May | 13 | 9 | 13 | 67° / 86°F |
| June | 2 | 1 | 2 | 75° / 93°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 79° / 98°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 79° / 98°F |
| September | 7 | 7 | 7 | 72° / 92°F |
| October | 16 | 16 | 18 | 61° / 82°F |
| November | 10 | 10 | 20 | 49° / 70°F |
| December | 5 | 5 | 17 | 44° / 63°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 56 days a year here.
Towns near University Park compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Farmers Branch (142 a year, 7 miles northwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 72 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. Dallas is read from the same station as University Park, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From University Park | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas, TX | 4 mi southeast | 92 | March to May | same station |
| Farmers Branch, TX | 7 mi northwest | 142 | March to May | Addison Airport |
| Addison, TX | 8 mi north | 142 | March to May | Addison Airport |
| Richardson, TX | 10 mi northeast | 142 | March to May | Addison Airport |
| Irving, TX | 10 mi west | 72 | April | Dallas/Fort Worth International |
| Garland, TX | 10 mi northeast | 90 | April to May | Ralph M Hall Rockwall Municip |
How University Park ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, University Park (population 25,268, 129th largest) ranks 94th for painting days, 4 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 241 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 56 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dallas Love Field Airport (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+.