When to paint a house exterior in Mount Vernon, NY
When to paint in Mount Vernon, NY
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is August to October, with 5 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 19 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to October, call for quotes in June or earlier; a job pushed past October is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 4Apr
- 13May
- 15Jun
- 10Jul
- 13Aug
- 19Sep
- 14Oct
- 3Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 44°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 47°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 35° / 54°F |
| April | 4 | 3 | 16 | 45° / 64°F |
| May | 13 | 11 | 16 | 54° / 75°F |
| June | 15 | 12 | 15 | 64° / 84°F |
| July | 10 | 5 | 10 | 72° / 89°F |
| August | 13 | 8 | 13 | 71° / 87°F |
| September | 19 | 15 | 19 | 65° / 81°F |
| October | 14 | 12 | 19 | 54° / 70°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 17 | 42° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 35° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Mount Vernon compared
5 get fewer, down to 70 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. Yonkers is read from the same station as Mount Vernon, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Mount Vernon | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Rochelle, NY | 3 mi east | 70 | June to September | Westchester County Airport |
| Yonkers, NY | 3 mi northwest | 91 | August to October | same station |
| Mamaroneck, NY | 6 mi east | 70 | June to September | Westchester County Airport |
| Scarsdale, NY | 6 mi northeast | 70 | June to September | Westchester County Airport |
| Tenafly, NJ | 6 mi west | 71 | August to September | Teterboro Airport |
| Dobbs Ferry, NY | 7 mi north | 70 | June to September | Westchester County Airport |
How Mount Vernon ranks in NY
Of 90 NY places with 10,000 people or more, Mount Vernon (population 71,999, 8th largest) ranks 4th for painting days, 21 days above the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Kingston, 96 days, 71 miles north. The shortest is Olean at 39. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 57 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from La Guardia 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+.