When to paint a house exterior in Bluffton, IN
When to paint in Bluffton, IN
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 18 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 8May
- 12Jun
- 16Jul
- 18Aug
- 13Sep
- 4Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 20° / 37°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 42°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 53°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 7 | 38° / 64°F |
| May | 8 | 7 | 15 | 50° / 76°F |
| June | 12 | 9 | 14 | 59° / 85°F |
| July | 16 | 10 | 16 | 63° / 86°F |
| August | 18 | 13 | 19 | 60° / 84°F |
| September | 13 | 10 | 18 | 55° / 81°F |
| October | 4 | 2 | 14 | 43° / 69°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 32° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 42 days a year here.
Towns near Bluffton compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Marion (77 a year, 29 miles southwest). 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. Decatur, Huntington, New Haven, Fort Wayne are read from the same station as Bluffton, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Bluffton | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur, IN | 14 mi northeast | 70 | July to September | same station |
| Huntington, IN | 20 mi northwest | 70 | July to September | same station |
| New Haven, IN | 24 mi north | 70 | July to September | same station |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 24 mi north | 70 | July to September | same station |
| Marion, IN | 29 mi southwest | 77 | June to August | Marion Municipal Airport |
| Van Wert, OH | 32 mi east | 76 | June to September | Lima Allen County Airport |
How Bluffton ranks in IN
Of 88 IN places with 10,000 people or more, Bluffton (population 10,556, 82nd largest) ranks 69th for painting days, 5 days below the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Michigan City, 134 days, 110 miles northwest. The shortest is McCordsville at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 42 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Fort Wayne International Airport (15.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.