When to paint a house exterior in Hawthorne, NJ
When to paint in Hawthorne, NJ
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
- 2Apr
- 7May
- 13Jun
- 10Jul
- 14Aug
- 15Sep
- 5Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 47°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 32° / 55°F |
| April | 2 | under 1 | 12 | 41° / 66°F |
| May | 7 | 5 | 14 | 51° / 77°F |
| June | 13 | 8 | 14 | 59° / 84°F |
| July | 10 | 5 | 10 | 67° / 89°F |
| August | 14 | 8 | 14 | 65° / 87°F |
| September | 15 | 11 | 18 | 58° / 81°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 17 | 47° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 8 | 35° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 51 days a year here.
Towns near Hawthorne compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Glen Rock (71 a year, 2 miles east). 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. Paterson, Franklin Lakes are read from the same station as Hawthorne, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Hawthorne | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Rock, NJ | 2 mi east | 71 | August to September | Teterboro Airport |
| Fair Lawn, NJ | 3 mi southeast | 71 | August to September | Teterboro Airport |
| Ridgewood, NJ | 3 mi northeast | 71 | August to September | Teterboro Airport |
| Paterson, NJ | 3 mi south | 65 | August to September | same station |
| Elmwood Park, NJ | 4 mi southeast | 71 | August to September | Teterboro Airport |
| Franklin Lakes, NJ | 4 mi northwest | 65 | August to September | same station |
How Hawthorne ranks in NJ
Of 116 NJ places with 10,000 people or more, Hawthorne (population 20,006, 51st largest) ranks 90th for painting days, 7 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Union City, 92 days, 15 miles southeast. The shortest is Manville at 51. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 51 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Essex County Airport (8.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.