Guides

• Is it too late to paint the outside of your house this year? — When the exterior painting window closes across 3,206 US places, by latitude, from ten years of NOAA weather.
• Is low-temperature exterior paint worth it where you live? — Paint rated to 35°F adds a month or more of workable days in 3,075 of 3,206 US places, and under 10 days in 53.
• Why the deck-staining window is shorter than the painting window — Stain needs a dry day before the painting day. In 3,206 US places, the median place gets 80% as many staining days as painting days.
• When to book an exterior painter, month by month — Book-by months for 3,206 US places: two months before each painting window opens, from ten years of NOAA weather.
• Why summer is not always the best time to paint outside — In 1,322 of 3,206 US places, July has a quarter fewer painting days than the best spring or autumn month.
• Embed a painting-season badge for your town — A free badge showing any of the NaN places' exterior painting window and book-by month, one iframe, no sign-up, credited back to PaintDays.