When to paint a house exterior in Hoboken, NJ
When to paint in Hoboken, NJ
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to September, with 5 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to September, call for quotes in March 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
- 3Apr
- 13May
- 16Jun
- 12Jul
- 16Aug
- 18Sep
- 11Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 47°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 35° / 54°F |
| April | 3 | 2 | 15 | 44° / 65°F |
| May | 13 | 9 | 16 | 54° / 75°F |
| June | 16 | 13 | 17 | 63° / 82°F |
| July | 12 | 5 | 12 | 70° / 88°F |
| August | 16 | 10 | 16 | 69° / 86°F |
| September | 18 | 14 | 18 | 63° / 80°F |
| October | 11 | 10 | 18 | 52° / 69°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 16 | 41° / 58°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 7 | 34° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 58 days a year here.
Towns near Hoboken compared
3 get fewer, down to 71 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. Union City, West New York, Guttenberg are read from the same station as Hoboken, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Hoboken | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union City, NJ | 2 mi north | 92 | May to September | same station |
| West New York, NJ | 3 mi north | 92 | May to September | same station |
| Jersey City, NJ | 3 mi southwest | 74 | August to September | Newark Liberty International |
| Secaucus, NJ | 3 mi northwest | 71 | August to September | Teterboro Airport |
| Guttenberg, NJ | 4 mi north | 92 | May to September | same station |
| Kearny, NJ | 5 mi west | 74 | August to September | Newark Liberty International |
How Hoboken ranks in NJ
Of 116 NJ places with 10,000 people or more, Hoboken (population 59,149, 13th largest) ranks 2nd for painting days, 21 days above the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Union City, 92 days, 2 miles north. The shortest is Manville at 51. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 58 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Central Park (3.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.