When to paint a house exterior in Bel Air, MD
When to paint in Bel Air, MD
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 June, at about 19 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 5Apr
- 13May
- 19Jun
- 15Jul
- 16Aug
- 16Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 44°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 27° / 49°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 7 | 33° / 57°F |
| April | 5 | 4 | 16 | 42° / 68°F |
| May | 13 | 9 | 21 | 53° / 76°F |
| June | 19 | 13 | 21 | 60° / 84°F |
| July | 15 | 10 | 15 | 68° / 89°F |
| August | 16 | 9 | 16 | 65° / 86°F |
| September | 16 | 10 | 19 | 59° / 80°F |
| October | 6 | 3 | 18 | 47° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 35° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Bel Air compared
4 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. Aberdeen, Havre de Grace are read from the same station as Bel Air, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Bel Air | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen, MD | 9 mi east | 90 | May to September | same station |
| Havre de Grace, MD | 12 mi east | 90 | May to September | same station |
| Baltimore, MD | 22 mi southwest | 61 | September | Baltimore-Washington International Air |
| Elkton, MD | 28 mi east | 71 | August to September | New Castle County Airport |
| Newark, DE | 33 mi east | 71 | August to September | New Castle County Airport |
| Middletown, DE | 34 mi east | 71 | August to September | New Castle County Airport |
How Bel Air ranks in MD
Of 23 MD places with 10,000 people or more, Bel Air (population 10,395, 23rd largest) ranks 13th for painting days, right at the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Easton, 124 days, 54 miles south. The shortest is La Plata at 58. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 57 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Phillips Army Airfield (10.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.