When to paint a house exterior in Lake Grove, NY
When to paint in Lake Grove, NY
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 June, at about 15 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 Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 6May
- 15Jun
- 15Jul
- 15Aug
- 15Sep
- 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 | 25° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 45°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 32° / 52°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 10 | 40° / 61°F |
| May | 6 | 4 | 15 | 50° / 71°F |
| June | 15 | 11 | 16 | 60° / 80°F |
| July | 15 | 7 | 15 | 68° / 86°F |
| August | 15 | 9 | 15 | 66° / 85°F |
| September | 15 | 12 | 16 | 60° / 79°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 15 | 49° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 8 | 37° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 30° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 45 days a year here.
Towns near Lake Grove compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Babylon (86 a year, 16 miles southwest). 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. Patchogue is read from the same station as Lake Grove, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Lake Grove | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patchogue, NY | 8 mi southeast | 72 | June to September | same station |
| Babylon, NY | 16 mi southwest | 86 | June to September | Republic Airport |
| Lindenhurst, NY | 18 mi southwest | 86 | June to September | Republic Airport |
| Massapequa Park, NY | 21 mi southwest | 86 | June to September | Republic Airport |
| Norwalk, CT | 23 mi northwest | 70 | June to September | Westchester County Airport |
| Bridgeport, CT | 23 mi north | 79 | June to September | Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport |
How Lake Grove ranks in NY
Of 90 NY places with 10,000 people or more, Lake Grove (population 11,109, 78th largest) ranks 32nd for painting days, 1 day above the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Kingston, 96 days, 87 miles northwest. The shortest is Olean at 39. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 45 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (4.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.