When to paint a house exterior in Gloucester, MA
When to paint in Gloucester, MA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to August, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to August, call for quotes in April 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
- 13Jun
- 12Jul
- 15Aug
- 10Sep
- 3Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 40°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 43°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 49°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 8 | 37° / 59°F |
| May | 5 | 3 | 16 | 46° / 70°F |
| June | 13 | 8 | 16 | 55° / 78°F |
| July | 12 | 6 | 13 | 62° / 85°F |
| August | 15 | 11 | 16 | 61° / 84°F |
| September | 10 | 8 | 16 | 54° / 77°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 12 | 43° / 66°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33° / 55°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 45°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.
Towns near Gloucester compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Newburyport (64 a year, 16 miles northwest). 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. Beverly, Salem, Peabody, Lynn are read from the same station as Gloucester, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Gloucester | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly, MA | 10 mi southwest | 60 | June to August | same station |
| Salem, MA | 14 mi southwest | 60 | June to August | same station |
| Peabody, MA | 16 mi southwest | 60 | June to August | same station |
| Newburyport, MA | 16 mi northwest | 64 | June to September | Lawrence Municipal Airport |
| Lynn, MA | 18 mi southwest | 60 | June to August | same station |
| Amesbury, MA | 21 mi northwest | 64 | June to September | Lawrence Municipal Airport |
How Gloucester ranks in MA
Of 58 MA places with 10,000 people or more, Gloucester (population 30,491, 45th largest) ranks 30th for painting days, right at the state median of 60. The longest season in the state is Boston, 74 days, 26 miles southwest. 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 Beverly Municipal Airport (12.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.