When to paint a house exterior in Fort Lee, NJ
When to paint in Fort Lee, NJ
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 16 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
- 14Jun
- 10Jul
- 13Aug
- 16Sep
- 6Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 44°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 47°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 33° / 54°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 13 | 42° / 65°F |
| May | 9 | 7 | 15 | 52° / 76°F |
| June | 14 | 10 | 15 | 61° / 84°F |
| July | 10 | 6 | 10 | 69° / 90°F |
| August | 13 | 8 | 13 | 67° / 88°F |
| September | 16 | 14 | 18 | 60° / 82°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 18 | 48° / 71°F |
| November | 2 | 1 | 10 | 37° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 30° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 49 days a year here.
Towns near Fort Lee compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Edgewater (92 a year, 2 miles south). 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. Palisades Park, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park are read from the same station as Fort Lee, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Fort Lee | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palisades Park, NJ | 1 mi west | 71 | August to September | same station |
| Edgewater, NJ | 2 mi south | 92 | May to September | Central Park |
| Cliffside Park, NJ | 2 mi southwest | 92 | May to September | Central Park |
| Ridgefield, NJ | 3 mi southwest | 71 | August to September | same station |
| Ridgefield Park, NJ | 3 mi west | 71 | August to September | same station |
| Fairview, NJ | 3 mi southwest | 92 | May to September | Central Park |
How Fort Lee ranks in NJ
Of 116 NJ places with 10,000 people or more, Fort Lee (population 40,566, 22nd largest) ranks 51st for painting days, right at the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Union City, 92 days, 7 miles southwest. The shortest is Manville at 51. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 49 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Teterboro Airport (4.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.