When to paint a house exterior in Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY
When to paint in Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY
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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 5Apr
- 11May
- 11Jun
- 9Jul
- 14Aug
- 12Sep
- 8Oct
- 2Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 46°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 52°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 7 | 36° / 61°F |
| April | 5 | 4 | 11 | 44° / 70°F |
| May | 11 | 6 | 16 | 55° / 79°F |
| June | 11 | 7 | 12 | 62° / 86°F |
| July | 9 | 5 | 9 | 67° / 89°F |
| August | 14 | 11 | 14 | 64° / 87°F |
| September | 12 | 10 | 15 | 59° / 84°F |
| October | 8 | 6 | 18 | 47° / 74°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 8 | 36° / 60°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 32° / 52°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 45 days a year here.
Towns near Lexington-Fayette urban county compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Richmond (136 a year, 23 miles south). 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. Nicholasville, Versailles, Georgetown are read from the same station as Lexington-Fayette urban county, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Lexington-Fayette urban county | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholasville, KY | 12 mi southwest | 74 | August | same station |
| Versailles, KY | 15 mi west | 74 | August | same station |
| Winchester, KY | 15 mi east | 135 | May to September | Mount Sterling Montgomery Cou |
| Paris, KY | 15 mi northeast | 135 | May to September | Mount Sterling Montgomery Cou |
| Georgetown, KY | 16 mi north | 74 | August | same station |
| Richmond, KY | 23 mi south | 136 | April to September | Madison Airport |
How Lexington-Fayette urban county ranks in KY
Of 42 KY places with 10,000 people or more, Lexington-Fayette urban county (population 329,437, 2nd largest) ranks 27th for painting days, 1 day below the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Campbellsville, 145 days, 69 miles southwest. The shortest is Glasgow at 58. 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 Blue Grass Airport (8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.