When to paint a house exterior in Chambersburg, PA
When to paint in Chambersburg, PA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is August to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June 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, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 9May
- 13Jun
- 10Jul
- 15Aug
- 15Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 27° / 49°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 6 | 34° / 57°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 12 | 43° / 68°F |
| May | 9 | 6 | 15 | 54° / 77°F |
| June | 13 | 9 | 13 | 62° / 85°F |
| July | 10 | 5 | 10 | 68° / 90°F |
| August | 15 | 11 | 15 | 66° / 87°F |
| September | 15 | 12 | 17 | 59° / 82°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 19 | 48° / 71°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 11 | 36° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 52 days a year here.
Towns near Chambersburg compared
3 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. Waynesboro, Hagerstown are read from the same station as Chambersburg, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Chambersburg | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesboro, PA | 13 mi south | 73 | August to September | same station |
| Hagerstown, MD | 21 mi south | 73 | August to September | same station |
| Carlisle, PA | 30 mi northeast | 63 | September | Capital City Airport |
| Frederick, MD | 37 mi south | 70 | August to September | Gaithersburg Montgomery Count |
| Hanover, PA | 37 mi east | 63 | July to August | York Airport |
| Martinsburg, WV | 37 mi southwest | 58 | August | Etrn Wv Rgnl/Shpherd Fd Airport |
How Chambersburg ranks in PA
Of 68 PA places with 10,000 people or more, Chambersburg (population 23,041, 24th largest) ranks 24th for painting days, 8 days above the state median of 65. The longest season in the state is Indiana, 109 days, 92 miles northwest. The shortest is St. Marys at 39. 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 Hgrtwn Rgnl-R.Hnson Field Airport (16.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.