When to paint a house exterior in Middletown, NY
When to paint in Middletown, NY
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.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 3May
- 9Jun
- 12Jul
- 13Aug
- 6Sep
- 1Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 19° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 18° / 43°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 51°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 7 | 36° / 63°F |
| May | 3 | 1 | 13 | 46° / 74°F |
| June | 9 | 5 | 15 | 54° / 81°F |
| July | 12 | 6 | 12 | 61° / 87°F |
| August | 13 | 9 | 15 | 59° / 85°F |
| September | 6 | 2 | 13 | 52° / 78°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 8 | 41° / 67°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 55°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 42 days a year here.
Towns near Middletown compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Ringwood (65 a year, 25 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. Kiryas Joel, Woodbury are read from the same station as Middletown, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Middletown | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiryas Joel, NY | 15 mi southeast | 47 | August | same station |
| Woodbury, NY | 19 mi southeast | 47 | August | same station |
| Newburgh, NY | 21 mi east | 55 | August | Dutchess County Airport |
| Beacon, NY | 24 mi east | 55 | August | Dutchess County Airport |
| Ringwood, NJ | 25 mi south | 65 | August to September | Essex County Airport |
| Suffern, NY | 27 mi southeast | 65 | August to September | Essex County Airport |
How Middletown ranks in NY
Of 90 NY places with 10,000 people or more, Middletown (population 30,188, 26th largest) ranks 81st for painting days, 23 days below the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Kingston, 96 days, 40 miles northeast. The shortest is Olean at 39. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 42 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Orange County Airport (9.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.