When to paint a house exterior in Middlesex, NJ
When to paint in Middlesex, NJ
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
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 10Jun
- 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 | 1 | 22° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 47°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 55°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 9 | 38° / 67°F |
| May | 5 | 2 | 14 | 48° / 77°F |
| June | 10 | 5 | 14 | 56° / 84°F |
| July | 10 | 4 | 10 | 64° / 90°F |
| August | 13 | 8 | 13 | 62° / 88°F |
| September | 10 | 8 | 17 | 55° / 81°F |
| October | 3 | 2 | 11 | 43° / 71°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 3 | 31° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 27° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 45 days a year here.
Towns near Middlesex compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in South Plainfield (90 a year, 4 miles east). 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. Bound Brook, Manville, Somerville are read from the same station as Middlesex, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Middlesex | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bound Brook, NJ | 2 mi west | 51 | August | same station |
| South Plainfield, NJ | 4 mi east | 90 | May to September | Linden Airport |
| North Plainfield, NJ | 4 mi northeast | 90 | May to September | Linden Airport |
| Plainfield, NJ | 5 mi northeast | 90 | May to September | Linden Airport |
| Manville, NJ | 5 mi southwest | 51 | August | same station |
| Somerville, NJ | 6 mi west | 51 | August | same station |
How Middlesex ranks in NJ
Of 116 NJ places with 10,000 people or more, Middlesex (population 14,874, 70th largest) ranks 113th for painting days, 20 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Union City, 92 days, 28 miles northeast. The shortest is Manville at 51. 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 Somerset Airport (9.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.