When to paint a house exterior in Calhoun, GA
When to paint in Calhoun, GA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May to June, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 11 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, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 3Mar
- 5Apr
- 11May
- 7Jun
- 1Jul
- 4Aug
- 10Sep
- 9Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 32° / 56°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 4 | 36° / 63°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 11 | 42° / 70°F |
| April | 5 | 4 | 15 | 47° / 77°F |
| May | 11 | 8 | 16 | 57° / 84°F |
| June | 7 | 5 | 7 | 65° / 91°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 70° / 93°F |
| August | 4 | 4 | 4 | 69° / 92°F |
| September | 10 | 10 | 12 | 63° / 88°F |
| October | 9 | 8 | 20 | 51° / 79°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 10 | 40° / 68°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 5 | 36° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 52 days a year here.
Towns near Calhoun compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Canton (119 a year, 31 miles southeast). 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. Rome is read from the same station as Calhoun, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Calhoun | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton, GA | 19 mi north | 68 | May | Lovell Field Airport |
| Rome, GA | 22 mi southwest | 56 | May to June | same station |
| Cartersville, GA | 24 mi south | 80 | May to June | Cartersville Airport |
| Canton, GA | 31 mi southeast | 119 | May to October | Cherokee County Airport |
| Acworth, GA | 33 mi southeast | 113 | August to October | Cobb County-Mc Collum Field Airport |
| Holly Springs, GA | 34 mi southeast | 119 | May to October | Cherokee County Airport |
How Calhoun ranks in GA
Of 101 GA places with 10,000 people or more, Calhoun (population 19,592, 62nd largest) ranks 100th for painting days, 25 days below the state median of 81. The longest season in the state is McDonough, 144 days, 86 miles southeast. The shortest is Cedartown at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 52 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Richard B Russell Airport (16.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.