When to paint a house exterior in Holyoke, MA
When to paint in Holyoke, MA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August, with 1 good month a year. The best month is August, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August, call for quotes in June 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 Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 9Jun
- 9Jul
- 13Aug
- 8Sep
- 2Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 18° / 38°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 18° / 42°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 51°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 35° / 62°F |
| May | 5 | 3 | 15 | 46° / 75°F |
| June | 9 | 4 | 15 | 54° / 83°F |
| July | 9 | 4 | 9 | 61° / 88°F |
| August | 13 | 9 | 15 | 60° / 86°F |
| September | 8 | 6 | 17 | 52° / 79°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 10 | 41° / 67°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 23° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Holyoke compared
3 get fewer, down to 42 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. Easthampton, West Springfield Town, Westfield are read from the same station as Holyoke, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Holyoke | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easthampton, MA | 4 mi north | 46 | August | same station |
| Chicopee, MA | 4 mi southeast | 42 | August | Westover Air Force Base/Metropolitan Air |
| West Springfield Town, MA | 6 mi south | 46 | August | same station |
| Westfield, MA | 8 mi southwest | 46 | August | same station |
| Northampton, MA | 8 mi north | 42 | August | Westover Air Force Base/Metropolitan Air |
| Springfield, MA | 8 mi southeast | 42 | August | Westover Air Force Base/Metropolitan Air |
How Holyoke ranks in MA
Of 58 MA places with 10,000 people or more, Holyoke (population 37,838, 39th largest) ranks 44th for painting days, 14 days below the state median of 60. The longest season in the state is Boston, 74 days, 83 miles east. The shortest is Greenfield at 41. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 47 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Barnes Municipal Airport (5.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.