When to paint a house exterior in Jacksonville, NC
When to paint in Jacksonville, NC
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is September to October, with 3 good months a year. The best month is October, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by July.
If you want the house done in September to October, call for quotes in July or earlier; a job pushed past October is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct.
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- 3Feb
- 6Mar
- 10Apr
- 13May
- 11Jun
- 5Jul
- 8Aug
- 13Sep
- 14Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 5 | 35° / 60°F |
| February | 3 | 3 | 9 | 39° / 65°F |
| March | 6 | 6 | 15 | 44° / 69°F |
| April | 10 | 8 | 19 | 51° / 76°F |
| May | 13 | 9 | 16 | 60° / 82°F |
| June | 11 | 8 | 11 | 67° / 88°F |
| July | 5 | 2 | 5 | 72° / 90°F |
| August | 8 | 5 | 8 | 71° / 89°F |
| September | 13 | 11 | 13 | 67° / 86°F |
| October | 14 | 13 | 20 | 55° / 78°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 13 | 44° / 69°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 7 | 39° / 63°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 55 days a year here.
Towns near Jacksonville compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Kinston (123 a year, 39 miles north); 1 gets fewer, down to 78 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.
| Place | From Jacksonville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havelock, NC | 31 mi northeast | 88 | September to October | Cherry Point Mcas |
| New Bern, NC | 31 mi northeast | 78 | May | Craven County Reg Airport |
| Kinston, NC | 39 mi north | 123 | April to June | Kinston Regional Jetport At S |
| Wilmington, NC | 46 mi southwest | 93 | September to October | Wilmington International Airport |
| Leland, NC | 51 mi southwest | 93 | September to October | Wilmington International Airport |
| Winterville, NC | 55 mi north | 123 | April to June | Kinston Regional Jetport At S |
How Jacksonville ranks in NC
Of 91 NC places with 10,000 people or more, Jacksonville (population 70,840, 15th largest) ranks 14th for painting days, 10 days above the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Greenville, 123 days, 60 miles north. The shortest is Boone at 50. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 55 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Jacksonville (3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.