When to paint a house exterior in Chester, PA
When to paint in Chester, PA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 4 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 16 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 4Apr
- 12May
- 14Jun
- 8Jul
- 13Aug
- 16Sep
- 9Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 46°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 50°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 35° / 57°F |
| April | 4 | 3 | 16 | 44° / 68°F |
| May | 12 | 8 | 17 | 54° / 77°F |
| June | 14 | 10 | 14 | 63° / 86°F |
| July | 8 | 4 | 8 | 71° / 91°F |
| August | 13 | 9 | 13 | 69° / 89°F |
| September | 16 | 12 | 16 | 63° / 83°F |
| October | 9 | 9 | 20 | 51° / 72°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 14 | 39° / 60°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 32° / 50°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 55 days a year here.
Towns near Chester compared
1 gets fewer, down to 71 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. Darby, Lansdowne, Yeadon, Woodbury, Gloucester City are read from the same station as Chester, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Chester | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darby, PA | 8 mi northeast | 77 | May to June | same station |
| Lansdowne, PA | 8 mi northeast | 77 | May to June | same station |
| Yeadon, PA | 9 mi northeast | 77 | May to June | same station |
| Wilmington, DE | 11 mi southwest | 71 | August to September | New Castle County Airport |
| Woodbury, NJ | 12 mi east | 77 | May to June | same station |
| Gloucester City, NJ | 14 mi east | 77 | May to June | same station |
How Chester ranks in PA
Of 68 PA places with 10,000 people or more, Chester (population 34,052, 15th largest) ranks 19th for painting days, 13 days above the state median of 65. The longest season in the state is Indiana, 109 days, 207 miles west. The shortest is St. Marys at 39. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 55 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Philadelphia International Airport (7.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.