When to paint a house exterior in Franklin Lakes, NJ
When to paint in Franklin Lakes, 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 15 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
- 7May
- 13Jun
- 10Jul
- 14Aug
- 15Sep
- 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° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 47°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 32° / 55°F |
| April | 2 | under 1 | 12 | 41° / 66°F |
| May | 7 | 5 | 14 | 51° / 77°F |
| June | 13 | 8 | 14 | 59° / 84°F |
| July | 10 | 5 | 10 | 67° / 89°F |
| August | 14 | 8 | 14 | 65° / 87°F |
| September | 15 | 11 | 18 | 58° / 81°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 17 | 47° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 8 | 35° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 51 days a year here.
Towns near Franklin Lakes compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Waldwick (71 a year, 4 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. Oakland, Pompton Lakes, Hawthorne, Ramsey, Wanaque are read from the same station as Franklin Lakes, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Franklin Lakes | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland, NJ | 2 mi northwest | 65 | August to September | same station |
| Waldwick, NJ | 4 mi east | 71 | August to September | Teterboro Airport |
| Pompton Lakes, NJ | 4 mi west | 65 | August to September | same station |
| Hawthorne, NJ | 4 mi southeast | 65 | August to September | same station |
| Ramsey, NJ | 5 mi northeast | 65 | August to September | same station |
| Wanaque, NJ | 5 mi northwest | 65 | August to September | same station |
How Franklin Lakes ranks in NJ
Of 116 NJ places with 10,000 people or more, Franklin Lakes (population 11,251, 96th largest) ranks 98th for painting days, 7 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Union City, 92 days, 19 miles southeast. The shortest is Manville at 51. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 51 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Essex County Airport (9.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.