When to paint a house exterior in Beckley, WV
When to paint in Beckley, WV
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is July to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to September, call for quotes in May 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 Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 4Apr
- 8May
- 11Jun
- 15Jul
- 16Aug
- 13Sep
- 6Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 50°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 33° / 58°F |
| April | 4 | 3 | 11 | 41° / 68°F |
| May | 8 | 4 | 13 | 51° / 74°F |
| June | 11 | 7 | 15 | 57° / 80°F |
| July | 15 | 10 | 15 | 62° / 83°F |
| August | 16 | 9 | 16 | 61° / 82°F |
| September | 13 | 8 | 17 | 56° / 78°F |
| October | 6 | 4 | 15 | 45° / 68°F |
| November | 2 | 1 | 7 | 34° / 57°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 46 days a year here.
Towns near Beckley compared
5 get fewer, down to 61 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 Beckley | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston, WV | 47 mi northwest | 64 | May to September | Yeager Airport |
| South Charleston, WV | 49 mi northwest | 64 | May to September | Yeager Airport |
| Blacksburg, VA | 55 mi southeast | 61 | June to August | Virginia Tech Airport |
| St. Albans, WV | 55 mi northwest | 64 | May to September | Yeager Airport |
| Radford, VA | 56 mi southeast | 76 | June to September | New River Valley Airport |
| Christiansburg, VA | 60 mi southeast | 61 | June to August | Virginia Tech Airport |
How Beckley ranks in WV
Of 13 WV places with 10,000 people or more, Beckley (population 16,515, 9th largest) ranks 3rd for painting days, 7 days above the state median of 69. The longest season in the state is Wheeling, 79 days, 161 miles north. The shortest is Martinsburg at 58. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 46 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Raleigh County Memorial Airport (2.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.