When to paint a house exterior in Hartford, CT
When to paint in Hartford, CT
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 September, 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
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 6May
- 14Jun
- 10Jul
- 13Aug
- 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 | 1 | 22° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 44°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 52°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 9 | 39° / 63°F |
| May | 6 | 4 | 16 | 49° / 75°F |
| June | 14 | 8 | 15 | 58° / 83°F |
| July | 10 | 6 | 10 | 66° / 88°F |
| August | 13 | 8 | 13 | 64° / 87°F |
| September | 15 | 12 | 19 | 57° / 80°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 16 | 45° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33° / 56°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 27° / 46°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 44 days a year here.
Towns near Hartford compared
4 get fewer, down to 46 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. New Britain is read from the same station as Hartford, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Hartford | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Britain, CT | 8 mi southwest | 66 | August to September | same station |
| Bristol, CT | 15 mi southwest | 60 | June to August | Meriden Markham Municipal Airport |
| Middletown, CT | 15 mi south | 60 | June to August | Meriden Markham Municipal Airport |
| Meriden, CT | 17 mi south | 60 | June to August | Meriden Markham Municipal Airport |
| Agawam Town, MA | 21 mi north | 46 | August | Barnes Municipal Airport |
| Waterbury, CT | 23 mi southwest | 67 | June to August | Waterbury-Oxford Airport |
How Hartford ranks in CT
Of 21 CT places with 10,000 people or more, Hartford (population 122,129, 4th largest) ranks 12th for painting days, right at the state median of 67. The longest season in the state is New Haven, 79 days, 34 miles south. The shortest is Norwich at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 44 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Hartford-Brainard Airport (2.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.