When to paint a house exterior in Elizabethtown, PA
When to paint in Elizabethtown, 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 September, at about 14 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
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 9May
- 13Jun
- 10Jul
- 13Aug
- 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 | 1 | 24° / 42°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 47°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 32° / 56°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 13 | 42° / 67°F |
| May | 9 | 6 | 15 | 53° / 77°F |
| June | 13 | 10 | 13 | 62° / 85°F |
| July | 10 | 5 | 10 | 69° / 90°F |
| August | 13 | 8 | 13 | 67° / 87°F |
| September | 14 | 10 | 15 | 60° / 81°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 18 | 48° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | under 1 | 8 | 35° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 29° / 47°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.
Towns near Elizabethtown compared
4 get fewer, down to 57 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.
| Place | From Elizabethtown | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia, PA | 10 mi southeast | 63 | August to September | Lancaster Airport |
| York, PA | 15 mi southwest | 63 | July to August | York Airport |
| Lebanon, PA | 16 mi northeast | 57 | August | Muir Army Airfield (Fort Indi |
| Harrisburg, PA | 17 mi northwest | 63 | September | Capital City Airport |
| Lancaster, PA | 18 mi southeast | 63 | August to September | Lancaster Airport |
| Mechanicsburg, PA | 22 mi west | 63 | September | Capital City Airport |
How Elizabethtown ranks in PA
Of 68 PA places with 10,000 people or more, Elizabethtown (population 11,993, 56th largest) ranks 32nd for painting days, 1 day above the state median of 65. The longest season in the state is Indiana, 109 days, 138 miles west. The shortest is St. Marys at 39. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 48 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Harrisburg International Airport (9.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.