When to paint a house exterior in Martinsburg, WV
When to paint in Martinsburg, WV
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 13 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
- 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 7May
- 11Jun
- 10Jul
- 13Aug
- 10Sep
- 3Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 24° / 44°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 26° / 50°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 5 | 32° / 58°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 11 | 41° / 69°F |
| May | 7 | 3 | 14 | 51° / 77°F |
| June | 11 | 6 | 14 | 58° / 84°F |
| July | 10 | 6 | 10 | 64° / 89°F |
| August | 13 | 8 | 14 | 62° / 87°F |
| September | 10 | 7 | 15 | 56° / 81°F |
| October | 3 | 2 | 15 | 45° / 71°F |
| November | 1 | under 1 | 7 | 33° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 28° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.
Towns near Martinsburg compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Hagerstown (73 a year, 18 miles northeast). 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. Winchester is read from the same station as Martinsburg, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Martinsburg | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagerstown, MD | 18 mi northeast | 73 | August to September | Hgrtwn Rgnl-R.Hnson Field Airport |
| Winchester, VA | 22 mi southwest | 58 | August | same station |
| Waynesboro, PA | 29 mi northeast | 73 | August to September | Hgrtwn Rgnl-R.Hnson Field Airport |
| Frederick, MD | 30 mi east | 70 | August to September | Gaithersburg Montgomery Count |
| Leesburg, VA | 33 mi southeast | 64 | June | Washington Dulles Internation |
| Chambersburg, PA | 37 mi northeast | 73 | August to September | Hgrtwn Rgnl-R.Hnson Field Airport |
How Martinsburg ranks in WV
Of 13 WV places with 10,000 people or more, Martinsburg (population 19,047, 6th largest) ranks 13th for painting days, 11 days below the state median of 69. The longest season in the state is Wheeling, 79 days, 150 miles west. No place in WV has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 53 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Etrn Wv Rgnl/Shpherd Fd Airport (4.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.