When to paint a house exterior in Gaffney, SC
When to paint in Gaffney, SC
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 4 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 8Apr
- 16May
- 17Jun
- 10Jul
- 16Aug
- 18Sep
- 9Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 32° / 52°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 6 | 36° / 58°F |
| March | 2 | 1 | 11 | 40° / 65°F |
| April | 8 | 6 | 19 | 48° / 73°F |
| May | 16 | 12 | 22 | 56° / 79°F |
| June | 17 | 14 | 18 | 64° / 86°F |
| July | 10 | 7 | 10 | 69° / 89°F |
| August | 16 | 10 | 16 | 67° / 87°F |
| September | 18 | 15 | 20 | 61° / 82°F |
| October | 9 | 8 | 22 | 49° / 74°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 10 | 39° / 63°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 35° / 56°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 63 days a year here.
Towns near Gaffney compared
5 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. Shelby is read from the same station as Gaffney, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Gaffney | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby, NC | 16 mi northeast | 99 | May to June | same station |
| Spartanburg, SC | 17 mi southwest | 73 | May | Greenville-Spartanburg International A |
| Kings Mountain, NC | 21 mi northeast | 77 | May | Gastonia Municipal Airport |
| Gastonia, NC | 30 mi northeast | 77 | May | Gastonia Municipal Airport |
| Greer, SC | 34 mi west | 73 | May | Greenville-Spartanburg International A |
| Belmont, NC | 37 mi east | 75 | May | Charlotte/Douglas Internation |
How Gaffney ranks in SC
Of 42 SC places with 10,000 people or more, Gaffney (population 12,546, 38th largest) ranks 4th for painting days, 17 days above the state median of 82. The longest season in the state is Myrtle Beach, 122 days, 184 miles southeast. The shortest is Tega Cay at 68. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 63 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Shelby Municipal Airport (13.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.