When to paint a house exterior in Lafayette, IN
When to paint in Lafayette, IN
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is July to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to September, call for quotes in May 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.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 8May
- 10Jun
- 15Jul
- 16Aug
- 13Sep
- 5Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 19° / 38°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 21° / 43°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 55°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 11 | 39° / 65°F |
| May | 8 | 6 | 15 | 51° / 77°F |
| June | 10 | 8 | 13 | 60° / 86°F |
| July | 15 | 9 | 15 | 63° / 86°F |
| August | 16 | 12 | 16 | 61° / 85°F |
| September | 13 | 11 | 18 | 56° / 82°F |
| October | 5 | 3 | 15 | 44° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 32° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 45°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 46 days a year here.
Towns near Lafayette compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Kokomo (75 a year, 39 miles east); 3 get fewer, down to 59 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. West Lafayette, Crawfordsville are read from the same station as Lafayette, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Lafayette | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Lafayette, IN | 4 mi northwest | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Frankfort, IN | 19 mi southeast | 59 | July to August | Indianapolis Executive Airport |
| Crawfordsville, IN | 25 mi south | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Lebanon, IN | 33 mi southeast | 59 | July to August | Indianapolis Executive Airport |
| Logansport, IN | 36 mi northeast | 65 | July to August | Grissom Air Force Base Airport |
| Kokomo, IN | 39 mi east | 75 | June to August | Kokomo Municipal Airport |
How Lafayette ranks in IN
Of 88 IN places with 10,000 people or more, Lafayette (population 71,757, 10th largest) ranks 72nd for painting days, 6 days below the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Michigan City, 134 days, 90 miles north. The shortest is McCordsville at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 46 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Purdue University Airport (4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.