When to paint a house exterior in Hagerstown, MD
When to paint in Hagerstown, MD
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is August to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 9May
- 13Jun
- 10Jul
- 15Aug
- 15Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 27° / 49°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 6 | 34° / 57°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 12 | 43° / 68°F |
| May | 9 | 6 | 15 | 54° / 77°F |
| June | 13 | 9 | 13 | 62° / 85°F |
| July | 10 | 5 | 10 | 68° / 90°F |
| August | 15 | 11 | 15 | 66° / 87°F |
| September | 15 | 12 | 17 | 59° / 82°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 19 | 48° / 71°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 11 | 36° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 52 days a year here.
Towns near Hagerstown compared
3 get fewer, down to 58 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. Waynesboro, Chambersburg are read from the same station as Hagerstown, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Hagerstown | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesboro, PA | 11 mi northeast | 73 | August to September | same station |
| Martinsburg, WV | 18 mi southwest | 58 | August | Etrn Wv Rgnl/Shpherd Fd Airport |
| Chambersburg, PA | 21 mi north | 73 | August to September | same station |
| Frederick, MD | 22 mi southeast | 70 | August to September | Gaithersburg Montgomery Count |
| Leesburg, VA | 38 mi south | 64 | June | Washington Dulles Internation |
| Westminster, MD | 38 mi east | 63 | July to August | York Airport |
How Hagerstown ranks in MD
Of 23 MD places with 10,000 people or more, Hagerstown (population 43,909, 6th largest) ranks 15th for painting days, 18 days below the state median of 90. The longest season in the state is Easton, 124 days, 107 miles southeast. The shortest is La Plata at 58. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 52 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Hgrtwn Rgnl-R.Hnson Field Airport (4.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.