When to paint a house exterior in Hanover, PA
When to paint in Hanover, PA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 8May
- 12Jun
- 12Jul
- 15Aug
- 9Sep
- 4Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 47°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29° / 56°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 8 | 39° / 67°F |
| May | 8 | 4 | 14 | 50° / 76°F |
| June | 12 | 9 | 15 | 58° / 84°F |
| July | 12 | 8 | 12 | 64° / 88°F |
| August | 15 | 11 | 15 | 62° / 86°F |
| September | 9 | 7 | 16 | 54° / 80°F |
| October | 4 | 4 | 14 | 44° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 3 | 31° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 41 days a year here.
Towns near Hanover compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Elizabethtown (66 a year, 31 miles northeast). 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. Westminster, York are read from the same station as Hanover, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Hanover | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster, MD | 16 mi south | 63 | July to August | same station |
| York, PA | 17 mi northeast | 63 | July to August | same station |
| Mechanicsburg, PA | 28 mi north | 63 | September | Capital City Airport |
| Carlisle, PA | 29 mi northwest | 63 | September | Capital City Airport |
| Columbia, PA | 30 mi northeast | 63 | August to September | Lancaster Airport |
| Elizabethtown, PA | 31 mi northeast | 66 | August to September | Harrisburg International Airport |
How Hanover ranks in PA
Of 68 PA places with 10,000 people or more, Hanover (population 16,728, 35th largest) ranks 50th for painting days, 2 days below the state median of 65. The longest season in the state is Indiana, 109 days, 128 miles northwest. The shortest is St. Marys at 39. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 41 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from York Airport (9.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.