When to paint a house exterior in Blacksburg, VA
When to paint in Blacksburg, VA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to August, with 3 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to August, call for quotes in April or earlier; a job pushed past August 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
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 6May
- 13Jun
- 13Jul
- 13Aug
- 10Sep
- 3Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 48°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 29° / 54°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 34° / 61°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 10 | 42° / 69°F |
| May | 6 | 3 | 14 | 51° / 76°F |
| June | 13 | 10 | 16 | 58° / 82°F |
| July | 13 | 8 | 13 | 63° / 86°F |
| August | 13 | 8 | 13 | 62° / 84°F |
| September | 10 | 7 | 14 | 56° / 79°F |
| October | 3 | 2 | 13 | 45° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 29° / 52°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 45 days a year here.
Towns near Blacksburg compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Mount Airy (100 a year, 51 miles south); 1 gets fewer, down to 53 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. Christiansburg is read from the same station as Blacksburg, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Blacksburg | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christiansburg, VA | 6 mi south | 61 | June to August | same station |
| Radford, VA | 11 mi southwest | 76 | June to September | New River Valley Airport |
| Salem, VA | 21 mi east | 72 | June | Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Fiel |
| Roanoke, VA | 26 mi east | 72 | June | Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Fiel |
| Martinsville, VA | 49 mi southeast | 53 | May to September | Blue Ridge Airport |
| Mount Airy, NC | 51 mi south | 100 | May to September | Mount Airy/Surry County Airport |
How Blacksburg ranks in VA
Of 39 VA places with 10,000 people or more, Blacksburg (population 45,452, 14th largest) ranks 30th for painting days, 4 days below the state median of 65. The longest season in the state is Williamsburg, 109 days, 205 miles east. The shortest is Front Royal at 49. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 45 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Virginia Tech Airport (1.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.