When to paint a house exterior in Kennesaw, GA
When to paint in Kennesaw, GA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is August to October, with 5 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to October, call for quotes in June 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, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 6Mar
- 12Apr
- 18May
- 16Jun
- 10Jul
- 12Aug
- 17Sep
- 14Oct
- 4Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 5 | 33° / 55°F |
| February | 2 | 1 | 7 | 38° / 61°F |
| March | 6 | 4 | 17 | 44° / 68°F |
| April | 12 | 9 | 23 | 50° / 75°F |
| May | 18 | 14 | 22 | 60° / 82°F |
| June | 16 | 14 | 16 | 67° / 88°F |
| July | 10 | 7 | 10 | 71° / 91°F |
| August | 12 | 9 | 12 | 70° / 89°F |
| September | 17 | 15 | 18 | 64° / 85°F |
| October | 14 | 12 | 23 | 53° / 76°F |
| November | 4 | 4 | 16 | 42° / 65°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 8 | 36° / 58°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 62 days a year here.
Towns near Kennesaw compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Holly Springs (119 a year, 12 miles northeast); 3 get fewer, down to 82 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. Acworth, Woodstock are read from the same station as Kennesaw, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Kennesaw | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acworth, GA | 4 mi northwest | 113 | August to October | same station |
| Marietta, GA | 7 mi southeast | 82 | May | Dobbins Air Reserve Base Airport |
| Woodstock, GA | 8 mi northeast | 113 | August to October | same station |
| Powder Springs, GA | 12 mi south | 82 | May | Dobbins Air Reserve Base Airport |
| Holly Springs, GA | 12 mi northeast | 119 | May to October | Cherokee County Airport |
| Smyrna, GA | 13 mi southeast | 82 | May | Dobbins Air Reserve Base Airport |
How Kennesaw ranks in GA
Of 101 GA places with 10,000 people or more, Kennesaw (population 37,740, 31st largest) ranks 11th for painting days, 32 days above the state median of 81. The longest season in the state is McDonough, 144 days, 49 miles southeast. The shortest is Cedartown at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 62 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Cobb County-Mc Collum Field Airport (1.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.