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When to paint a house exterior in Clemmons, NC

When to paint in Clemmons, NC

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 Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.

  1. under 1Jan
  2. 2Feb
  3. 4Mar
  4. 7Apr
  5. 13May
  6. 14Jun
  7. 7Jul
  8. 12Aug
  9. 16Sep
  10. 9Oct
  11. 2Nov
  12. under 1Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
Januaryunder 1under 1230° / 52°F
February21534° / 58°F
March431241° / 66°F
April771747° / 74°F
May13111757° / 80°F
June14111464° / 87°F
July74769° / 91°F
August1291268° / 88°F
September16121762° / 83°F
October982150° / 75°F
November221139° / 64°F
Decemberunder 1under 1534° / 57°F

Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.

Towns near Clemmons compared

2 get fewer, down to 81 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. Lewisville, Winston-Salem are read from the same station as Clemmons, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom ClemmonsPainting days a yearWindowStation
Lewisville, NC5 mi northwest86May to Junesame station
Winston-Salem, NC9 mi northeast86May to Junesame station
Lexington, NC17 mi south83May to JuneDavidson County Airport
Kernersville, NC18 mi east81May to JunePiedmont Triad International
Thomasville, NC20 mi southeast83May to JuneDavidson County Airport
High Point, NC22 mi east81May to JunePiedmont Triad International

How Clemmons ranks in NC

Of 91 NC places with 10,000 people or more, Clemmons (population 22,471, 46th largest) ranks 17th for painting days, 8 days above the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Greenville, 123 days, 171 miles east. The shortest is Boone at 50. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 53 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Smith Reynolds Airport (11.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.