When to paint a house exterior in Lebanon, PA
When to paint in Lebanon, PA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August, with 1 good month a year. The best month is August, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August, call for quotes in June or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 6May
- 10Jun
- 11Jul
- 14Aug
- 10Sep
- 3Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 40°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 45°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 54°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 11 | 40° / 66°F |
| May | 6 | 4 | 13 | 50° / 76°F |
| June | 10 | 5 | 14 | 57° / 83°F |
| July | 11 | 7 | 11 | 64° / 88°F |
| August | 14 | 10 | 14 | 62° / 86°F |
| September | 10 | 7 | 16 | 55° / 79°F |
| October | 3 | 2 | 13 | 44° / 69°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 33° / 56°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 28° / 46°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 50 days a year here.
Towns near Lebanon compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Elizabethtown (66 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.
| Place | From Lebanon | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethtown, PA | 16 mi southwest | 66 | August to September | Harrisburg International Airport |
| Ephrata, PA | 17 mi southeast | 63 | August to September | Lancaster Airport |
| Columbia, PA | 22 mi south | 63 | August to September | Lancaster Airport |
| Lancaster, PA | 22 mi south | 63 | August to September | Lancaster Airport |
| Wyomissing, PA | 24 mi east | 63 | August to September | Rdng Rgnl/C A Spaatz Fd Airport |
| Harrisburg, PA | 25 mi west | 63 | September | Capital City Airport |
How Lebanon ranks in PA
Of 68 PA places with 10,000 people or more, Lebanon (population 26,456, 21st largest) ranks 65th for painting days, 8 days below the state median of 65. The longest season in the state is Indiana, 109 days, 145 miles west. The shortest is St. Marys at 39. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 50 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Muir Army Airfield (Fort Indi (9.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.