When to paint a house exterior in Bardstown, KY
When to paint in Bardstown, KY
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to September, with 5 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 21 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to September, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 3Mar
- 8Apr
- 19May
- 21Jun
- 21Jul
- 20Aug
- 18Sep
- 9Oct
- 2Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 3 | 27° / 43°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 6 | 31° / 50°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 13 | 37° / 58°F |
| April | 8 | 7 | 20 | 43° / 66°F |
| May | 19 | 18 | 26 | 55° / 76°F |
| June | 21 | 21 | 21 | 62° / 84°F |
| July | 21 | 19 | 21 | 66° / 86°F |
| August | 20 | 19 | 20 | 64° / 85°F |
| September | 18 | 18 | 21 | 59° / 81°F |
| October | 9 | 9 | 21 | 47° / 71°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 11 | 35° / 56°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 5 | 31° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 66 days a year here.
Towns near Bardstown compared
6 get fewer, down to 74 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.
| Place | From Bardstown | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Washington, KY | 16 mi north | 76 | May | Louisville International-Standiford Fi |
| Shepherdsville, KY | 18 mi northwest | 76 | May | Louisville International-Standiford Fi |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 24 mi west | 74 | August to September | Addington Field |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY | 26 mi northwest | 75 | August to September | Bowman Field Airport |
| Radcliff, KY | 26 mi west | 74 | August to September | Godman Army Airfield Airport |
| Jeffersontown, KY | 28 mi north | 75 | August to September | Bowman Field Airport |
How Bardstown ranks in KY
Of 42 KY places with 10,000 people or more, Bardstown (population 14,104, 32nd largest) ranks 7th for painting days, 50 days above the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Campbellsville, 145 days, 33 miles south. The shortest is Glasgow at 58. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 66 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Samuels Field / Bardstown (2.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.