When to paint a house exterior in Morganton, NC
When to paint in Morganton, NC
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is June, with 2 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June, call for quotes in April or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 3Mar
- 5Apr
- 10May
- 14Jun
- 7Jul
- 11Aug
- 16Sep
- 7Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 28° / 51°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 58°F |
| March | 3 | 2 | 10 | 38° / 66°F |
| April | 5 | 3 | 16 | 44° / 74°F |
| May | 10 | 7 | 18 | 53° / 80°F |
| June | 14 | 11 | 15 | 60° / 87°F |
| July | 7 | 3 | 7 | 66° / 90°F |
| August | 11 | 6 | 11 | 64° / 87°F |
| September | 16 | 16 | 20 | 58° / 83°F |
| October | 7 | 7 | 18 | 47° / 74°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 8 | 36° / 63°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 31° / 55°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 59 days a year here.
Towns near Morganton compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Shelby (99 a year, 32 miles south); 1 gets fewer, down to 50 a year. 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. Lenoir is read from the same station as Morganton, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Morganton | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenoir, NC | 15 mi northeast | 73 | June | same station |
| Hickory, NC | 21 mi east | 77 | June | Hickory Regional Airport |
| Newton, NC | 27 mi east | 77 | June | Hickory Regional Airport |
| Lincolnton, NC | 32 mi southeast | 80 | May to June | Licontn-Lincoln County Rgnl Airport |
| Shelby, NC | 32 mi south | 99 | May to June | Shelby Municipal Airport |
| Boone, NC | 33 mi north | 50 | June to September | Boone |
How Morganton ranks in NC
Of 91 NC places with 10,000 people or more, Morganton (population 17,825, 61st largest) ranks 63rd for painting days, 4 days below the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Greenville, 123 days, 243 miles east. The shortest is Boone at 50. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 59 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Morganton-Lenoir Airport (7.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.