When to paint a house exterior in Kingston, NY
When to paint in Kingston, NY
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 June, at about 20 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
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 14May
- 20Jun
- 17Jul
- 19Aug
- 15Sep
- 6Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 36°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 24° / 40°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 7 | 32° / 48°F |
| April | 3 | 2 | 17 | 41° / 60°F |
| May | 14 | 12 | 24 | 52° / 72°F |
| June | 20 | 15 | 21 | 60° / 80°F |
| July | 17 | 11 | 17 | 66° / 84°F |
| August | 19 | 16 | 19 | 65° / 83°F |
| September | 15 | 15 | 20 | 58° / 77°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 18 | 47° / 63°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 10 | 36° / 53°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 42°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 63 days a year here.
Towns near Kingston compared
6 get fewer, down to 47 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 Kingston | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poughkeepsie, NY | 17 mi south | 55 | August | Dutchess County Airport |
| Newburgh, NY | 30 mi south | 55 | August | Dutchess County Airport |
| Beacon, NY | 30 mi south | 55 | August | Dutchess County Airport |
| Middletown, NY | 40 mi southwest | 47 | August | Orange County Airport |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | 42 mi south | 47 | August | Orange County Airport |
| Woodbury, NY | 42 mi south | 47 | August | Orange County Airport |
How Kingston ranks in NY
Of 90 NY places with 10,000 people or more, Kingston (population 23,748, 39th largest) ranks 1st for painting days, 26 days above the state median of 70. No place in NY has a longer season. The shortest is Olean at 39. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 63 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Hudson River Reserve (7.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.