When to paint a house exterior in Gardner, MA
When to paint in Gardner, MA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August, with 1 good month a year. The best month is August, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August, call for quotes in June or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 11Jun
- 11Jul
- 14Aug
- 10Sep
- 2Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 19° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 19° / 42°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 50°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 7 | 36° / 62°F |
| May | 5 | 3 | 16 | 47° / 74°F |
| June | 11 | 7 | 16 | 55° / 82°F |
| July | 11 | 5 | 11 | 63° / 87°F |
| August | 14 | 9 | 15 | 61° / 85°F |
| September | 10 | 7 | 18 | 53° / 78°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 12 | 42° / 67°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 30° / 55°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 45°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.
Towns near Gardner compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Worcester (72 a year, 24 miles southeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 44 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. Fitchburg, Leominster are read from the same station as Gardner, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Gardner | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitchburg, MA | 9 mi east | 54 | August | same station |
| Leominster, MA | 12 mi east | 54 | August | same station |
| Worcester, MA | 24 mi southeast | 72 | June to September | Worcester Regional Airport |
| Marlborough, MA | 28 mi southeast | 52 | August | Laurence G Hanscom Field Airport |
| Nashua, NH | 28 mi northeast | 56 | June | Boire Field Airport |
| Keene, NH | 30 mi northwest | 44 | July to August | Dillant-Hopkins Airport |
How Gardner ranks in MA
Of 58 MA places with 10,000 people or more, Gardner (population 21,381, 50th largest) ranks 35th for painting days, 6 days below the state median of 60. The longest season in the state is Boston, 74 days, 52 miles east. The shortest is Greenfield at 41. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 48 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Fitchburg Municipal Arp (12.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.