When to paint a house exterior in Mount Airy, NC
When to paint in Mount Airy, NC
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to September, with 5 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 19 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to September, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 7Apr
- 14May
- 16Jun
- 13Jul
- 18Aug
- 19Sep
- 9Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 48°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 4 | 33° / 54°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 13 | 40° / 63°F |
| April | 7 | 6 | 18 | 47° / 71°F |
| May | 14 | 11 | 19 | 55° / 77°F |
| June | 16 | 14 | 17 | 63° / 84°F |
| July | 13 | 8 | 13 | 68° / 88°F |
| August | 18 | 13 | 18 | 66° / 85°F |
| September | 19 | 15 | 21 | 61° / 81°F |
| October | 9 | 7 | 24 | 50° / 72°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 12 | 38° / 61°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 34° / 53°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 68 days a year here.
Towns near Mount Airy compared
6 get fewer, down to 53 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.
| Place | From Mount Airy | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisville, NC | 30 mi south | 86 | May to June | Smith Reynolds Airport |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 34 mi southeast | 86 | May to June | Smith Reynolds Airport |
| Clemmons, NC | 35 mi south | 86 | May to June | Smith Reynolds Airport |
| Kernersville, NC | 41 mi southeast | 81 | May to June | Piedmont Triad International |
| Radford, VA | 42 mi north | 76 | June to September | New River Valley Airport |
| Martinsville, VA | 43 mi east | 53 | May to September | Blue Ridge Airport |
How Mount Airy ranks in NC
Of 91 NC places with 10,000 people or more, Mount Airy (population 10,583, 90th largest) ranks 5th for painting days, 22 days above the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Greenville, 123 days, 192 miles east. The shortest is Boone at 50. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 68 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (4.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.