When to paint a house exterior in Elizabethton, TN
When to paint in Elizabethton, TN
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is September, with 1 good month a year. The best month is September, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by July.
If you want the house done in September, call for quotes in July 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
- 11Jun
- 8Jul
- 12Aug
- 14Sep
- 5Oct
- 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° / 50°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 31° / 57°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 6 | 36° / 65°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 12 | 42° / 73°F |
| May | 9 | 6 | 15 | 53° / 80°F |
| June | 11 | 9 | 13 | 60° / 86°F |
| July | 8 | 4 | 8 | 65° / 90°F |
| August | 12 | 8 | 12 | 64° / 88°F |
| September | 14 | 10 | 17 | 57° / 84°F |
| October | 5 | 4 | 17 | 46° / 74°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34° / 63°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 31° / 55°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 45 days a year here.
Towns near Elizabethton compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bristol (86 a year, 20 miles north); 1 gets fewer, down to 50 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. Johnson City, Bristol, Kingsport, Greeneville are read from the same station as Elizabethton, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Elizabethton | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson City, TN | 8 mi west | 65 | September | same station |
| Bristol, TN | 15 mi north | 65 | September | same station |
| Bristol, VA | 20 mi north | 86 | June to September | Virginia Highlands Airport |
| Kingsport, TN | 21 mi northwest | 65 | September | same station |
| Boone, NC | 33 mi east | 50 | June to September | Boone |
| Greeneville, TN | 35 mi west | 65 | September | same station |
How Elizabethton ranks in TN
Of 65 TN places with 10,000 people or more, Elizabethton (population 14,461, 43rd largest) ranks 65th for painting days, 25 days below the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Winchester, 154 days, 231 miles west. No place in TN has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 45 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Tri-Cities Regional Tn/Va Air (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+.