When to paint a house exterior in Bristol, CT
When to paint in Bristol, CT
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 August, 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
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 13Jun
- 13Jul
- 13Aug
- 12Sep
- 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 | 1 | 21° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 21° / 44°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 52°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 8 | 37° / 63°F |
| May | 5 | 2 | 16 | 47° / 74°F |
| June | 13 | 9 | 17 | 56° / 82°F |
| July | 13 | 7 | 13 | 63° / 87°F |
| August | 13 | 10 | 14 | 62° / 86°F |
| September | 12 | 8 | 18 | 55° / 79°F |
| October | 4 | 3 | 13 | 43° / 69°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 57°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 46°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Bristol compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Waterbury (67 a year, 10 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. Meriden is read from the same station as Bristol, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Bristol | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Britain, CT | 8 mi east | 66 | August to September | Hartford-Brainard Airport |
| Waterbury, CT | 10 mi southwest | 67 | June to August | Waterbury-Oxford Airport |
| Meriden, CT | 13 mi southeast | 60 | June to August | same station |
| Torrington, CT | 14 mi northwest | 58 | August to September | Bradley International Airport |
| Naugatuck, CT | 15 mi southwest | 67 | June to August | Waterbury-Oxford Airport |
| Hartford, CT | 15 mi northeast | 66 | August to September | Hartford-Brainard Airport |
How Bristol ranks in CT
Of 21 CT places with 10,000 people or more, Bristol (population 62,195, 9th largest) ranks 17th for painting days, 7 days below the state median of 67. The longest season in the state is New Haven, 79 days, 26 miles south. The shortest is Norwich at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 47 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Meriden Markham Municipal Airport (13.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.