PaintDays

When to paint a house exterior in Jasper, IN

When to paint in Jasper, IN

A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to September, with 4 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by April.

If you want the house done in June to September, call for quotes in April 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.

  1. under 1Jan
  2. under 1Feb
  3. 2Mar
  4. 5Apr
  5. 11May
  6. 15Jun
  7. 13Jul
  8. 16Aug
  9. 14Sep
  10. 7Oct
  11. 1Nov
  12. 1Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
Januaryunder 1under 1125° / 44°F
Februaryunder 1under 1328° / 50°F
March21836° / 59°F
April521344° / 69°F
May1181755° / 79°F
June15111563° / 86°F
July1381367° / 88°F
August16121664° / 86°F
September14111858° / 84°F
October741847° / 73°F
November11836° / 59°F
December11330° / 50°F

Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.

Towns near Jasper compared

1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Owensboro (89 a year, 45 miles south); 2 get fewer, down to 74 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.

PlaceFrom JasperPainting days a yearWindowStation
Washington, IN22 mi northwest82June to SeptemberDaviess County Airport
Vincennes, IN36 mi northwest82August to SeptemberLrncvll-Vincnes International Airport
Bedford, IN40 mi northeast74June to SeptemberMonroe County Airport
Evansville, IN43 mi southwest75August to SeptemberEvansville Regional Airport
Owensboro, KY45 mi south89May to JuneOwensboro-Daviess County Airport
Henderson, KY52 mi southwest84May to SeptemberHenderson City-County Airport

How Jasper ranks in IN

Of 88 IN places with 10,000 people or more, Jasper (population 16,967, 53rd largest) ranks 16th for painting days, 9 days above the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Michigan City, 134 days, 229 miles north. The shortest is McCordsville at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 48 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Huntingburg Airport (10 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.