When to paint a house exterior in Forest Park, GA
When to paint in Forest Park, GA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is September to October, with 3 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by July.
If you want the house done in September to October, call for quotes in July 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, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 6Mar
- 11Apr
- 18May
- 11Jun
- 4Jul
- 7Aug
- 14Sep
- 16Oct
- 5Nov
- 2Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 35° / 58°F |
| February | 2 | 1 | 8 | 40° / 64°F |
| March | 6 | 6 | 15 | 46° / 71°F |
| April | 11 | 9 | 19 | 52° / 77°F |
| May | 18 | 15 | 19 | 62° / 83°F |
| June | 11 | 9 | 11 | 69° / 89°F |
| July | 4 | 1 | 4 | 72° / 92°F |
| August | 7 | 4 | 7 | 72° / 91°F |
| September | 14 | 13 | 14 | 67° / 87°F |
| October | 16 | 16 | 23 | 56° / 78°F |
| November | 5 | 5 | 18 | 45° / 68°F |
| December | 2 | 1 | 9 | 40° / 61°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Forest Park compared
2 get fewer, down to 73 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. Riverdale, College Park, East Point, Stockbridge are read from the same station as Forest Park, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Forest Park | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale, GA | 5 mi southwest | 95 | September to October | same station |
| College Park, GA | 6 mi west | 95 | September to October | same station |
| East Point, GA | 7 mi northwest | 95 | September to October | same station |
| Stockbridge, GA | 10 mi southeast | 95 | September to October | same station |
| Atlanta, GA | 11 mi north | 73 | May | Fulton County-Brown Field Airport |
| Decatur, GA | 11 mi north | 74 | May | Dekalb-Peachtree Airport |
How Forest Park ranks in GA
Of 101 GA places with 10,000 people or more, Forest Park (population 19,301, 63rd largest) ranks 28th for painting days, 14 days above the state median of 81. The longest season in the state is McDonough, 144 days, 17 miles southeast. The shortest is Cedartown at 56. 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 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta In (4.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.