When to paint a house exterior in Greensboro, NC
When to paint in Greensboro, NC
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 3 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 15 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
- 3Mar
- 7Apr
- 13May
- 14Jun
- 8Jul
- 11Aug
- 15Sep
- 8Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 53°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 59°F |
| March | 3 | 2 | 11 | 40° / 66°F |
| April | 7 | 6 | 18 | 47° / 74°F |
| May | 13 | 10 | 17 | 57° / 80°F |
| June | 14 | 13 | 14 | 64° / 87°F |
| July | 8 | 5 | 8 | 69° / 91°F |
| August | 11 | 7 | 11 | 68° / 88°F |
| September | 15 | 13 | 16 | 62° / 83°F |
| October | 8 | 6 | 20 | 50° / 75°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 11 | 38° / 64°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 57°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 55 days a year here.
Towns near Greensboro compared
2 get fewer, down to 66 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. Summerfield, High Point, Kernersville, Archdale are read from the same station as Greensboro, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Greensboro | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerfield, NC | 8 mi northwest | 81 | May to June | same station |
| High Point, NC | 12 mi southwest | 81 | May to June | same station |
| Kernersville, NC | 14 mi west | 81 | May to June | same station |
| Archdale, NC | 15 mi southwest | 81 | May to June | same station |
| Elon, NC | 18 mi east | 66 | June | Burlington Alamance Rgl Airport |
| Reidsville, NC | 19 mi northeast | 76 | August to September | Rockingham County Nc Shiloh A |
How Greensboro ranks in NC
Of 91 NC places with 10,000 people or more, Greensboro (population 307,381, 3rd largest) ranks 22nd for painting days, 4 days above the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Greenville, 123 days, 141 miles east. The shortest is Boone at 50. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 55 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Piedmont Triad International (6.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.