When to paint a house exterior in Bowling Green, KY
When to paint in Bowling Green, KY
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 3 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June 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
- 14May
- 12Jun
- 8Jul
- 12Aug
- 13Sep
- 10Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 48°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 6 | 34° / 54°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 11 | 41° / 63°F |
| April | 8 | 6 | 16 | 48° / 72°F |
| May | 14 | 10 | 17 | 59° / 80°F |
| June | 12 | 11 | 12 | 67° / 88°F |
| July | 8 | 5 | 8 | 71° / 90°F |
| August | 12 | 9 | 12 | 69° / 89°F |
| September | 13 | 13 | 15 | 62° / 85°F |
| October | 10 | 9 | 20 | 51° / 74°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 11 | 39° / 61°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 5 | 36° / 54°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 50 days a year here.
Towns near Bowling Green compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in White House (134 a year, 38 miles south); 2 get fewer, down to 58 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. Franklin, Portland are read from the same station as Bowling Green, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Bowling Green | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin, KY | 19 mi south | 85 | May to June | same station |
| Portland, TN | 27 mi south | 85 | May to June | same station |
| Glasgow, KY | 28 mi east | 58 | May to September | Glasgow Municipal Airport |
| White House, TN | 38 mi south | 134 | April to October | John C Tune |
| Gallatin, TN | 41 mi south | 65 | April to June | Nashville International Airport |
| Springfield, TN | 41 mi southwest | 134 | April to October | John C Tune |
How Bowling Green ranks in KY
Of 42 KY places with 10,000 people or more, Bowling Green (population 79,076, 3rd largest) ranks 10th for painting days, 10 days above the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Campbellsville, 145 days, 65 miles northeast. The shortest is Glasgow at 58. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 50 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Bow Grn-Warren County. Rgnl Airport (1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.