When to paint a house exterior in Graham, NC
When to paint in Graham, NC
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is June, with 1 good month a year. The best month is June, at about 12 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June, call for quotes in April 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, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 3Mar
- 6Apr
- 12May
- 12Jun
- 5Jul
- 7Aug
- 10Sep
- 8Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 54°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 6 | 34° / 60°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 11 | 40° / 68°F |
| April | 6 | 5 | 16 | 46° / 76°F |
| May | 12 | 7 | 17 | 56° / 82°F |
| June | 12 | 11 | 13 | 63° / 88°F |
| July | 5 | 2 | 5 | 69° / 92°F |
| August | 7 | 4 | 7 | 67° / 90°F |
| September | 10 | 9 | 13 | 61° / 85°F |
| October | 8 | 7 | 20 | 49° / 76°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 8 | 37° / 66°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 33° / 59°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 54 days a year here.
Towns near Graham compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Greensboro (81 a year, 24 miles west). 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. Burlington, Mebane, Elon are read from the same station as Graham, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Graham | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington, NC | 5 mi west | 66 | June | same station |
| Mebane, NC | 7 mi east | 66 | June | same station |
| Elon, NC | 7 mi northwest | 66 | June | same station |
| Carrboro, NC | 19 mi southeast | 70 | April to June | Raleigh-Durham International |
| Chapel Hill, NC | 21 mi southeast | 70 | April to June | Raleigh-Durham International |
| Greensboro, NC | 24 mi west | 81 | May to June | Piedmont Triad International |
How Graham ranks in NC
Of 91 NC places with 10,000 people or more, Graham (population 19,311, 54th largest) ranks 86th for painting days, 11 days below the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Greenville, 123 days, 117 miles east. The shortest is Boone at 50. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 54 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Burlington Alamance Rgl Airport (4.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.