When to paint a house exterior in Florence, SC
When to paint in Florence, SC
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is October, with 1 good month a year. The best month is October, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by August.
If you want the house done in October, call for quotes in August or earlier; a job pushed past October is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 4Feb
- 6Mar
- 10Apr
- 11May
- 5Jun
- 1Jul
- 4Aug
- 11Sep
- 14Oct
- 4Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 35° / 61°F |
| February | 4 | 4 | 9 | 39° / 66°F |
| March | 6 | 6 | 16 | 45° / 73°F |
| April | 10 | 8 | 19 | 51° / 79°F |
| May | 11 | 8 | 14 | 60° / 86°F |
| June | 5 | 5 | 5 | 68° / 92°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 73° / 94°F |
| August | 4 | 3 | 4 | 71° / 92°F |
| September | 11 | 10 | 12 | 66° / 88°F |
| October | 14 | 13 | 22 | 54° / 80°F |
| November | 4 | 4 | 14 | 43° / 70°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 7 | 39° / 64°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Florence compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Conway (122 a year, 49 miles southeast); 2 get fewer, down to 69 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 Florence | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumter, SC | 38 mi southwest | 77 | May | Shaw Air Force Base |
| Laurinburg, NC | 44 mi northeast | 69 | October | Laurinburg-Maxton Airport |
| Conway, SC | 49 mi southeast | 122 | April to October | Myrtle Beach International Airport |
| Lumberton, NC | 54 mi northeast | 69 | October | Laurinburg-Maxton Airport |
| Myrtle Beach, SC | 61 mi southeast | 122 | April to October | Myrtle Beach International Airport |
| Columbia, SC | 64 mi west | 77 | October | Columbia Owens Downtown Airport |
How Florence ranks in SC
Of 42 SC places with 10,000 people or more, Florence (population 40,923, 11th largest) ranks 36th for painting days, 9 days below the state median of 82. The longest season in the state is Myrtle Beach, 122 days, 61 miles southeast. The shortest is Tega Cay at 68. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 57 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Florence Regional Airport (3.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.