When to paint a house exterior in Elizabethtown, KY
When to paint in Elizabethtown, KY
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 September, at about 13 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
- 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 4Apr
- 10May
- 13Jun
- 12Jul
- 13Aug
- 13Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 30° / 45°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 3 | 33° / 52°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 6 | 37° / 58°F |
| April | 4 | 2 | 12 | 45° / 67°F |
| May | 10 | 5 | 14 | 56° / 77°F |
| June | 13 | 10 | 14 | 63° / 85°F |
| July | 12 | 6 | 12 | 68° / 87°F |
| August | 13 | 9 | 13 | 65° / 85°F |
| September | 13 | 11 | 16 | 59° / 81°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 15 | 48° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 37° / 57°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 32° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 41 days a year here.
Towns near Elizabethtown compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bardstown (124 a year, 24 miles east). 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.
| Place | From Elizabethtown | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radcliff, KY | 9 mi north | 74 | August to September | Godman Army Airfield Airport |
| Shepherdsville, KY | 22 mi northeast | 76 | May | Louisville International-Standiford Fi |
| Bardstown, KY | 24 mi east | 124 | May to September | Samuels Field / Bardstown |
| Mount Washington, KY | 29 mi northeast | 76 | May | Louisville International-Standiford Fi |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY | 34 mi north | 75 | August to September | Bowman Field Airport |
| Shively, KY | 34 mi north | 76 | May | Louisville International-Standiford Fi |
How Elizabethtown ranks in KY
Of 42 KY places with 10,000 people or more, Elizabethtown (population 34,565, 8th largest) ranks 26th for painting days, right at the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Campbellsville, 145 days, 38 miles southeast. The shortest is Glasgow at 58. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 41 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Addington Field (2.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.