When to paint a house exterior in Muncie, IN
When to paint in Muncie, IN
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to September, with 4 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to September, call for quotes in April 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 4Apr
- 9May
- 12Jun
- 15Jul
- 16Aug
- 13Sep
- 6Oct
- 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° / 39°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 3 | 24° / 45°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 5 | 33° / 55°F |
| April | 4 | 3 | 10 | 41° / 66°F |
| May | 9 | 7 | 15 | 53° / 78°F |
| June | 12 | 11 | 13 | 62° / 86°F |
| July | 15 | 10 | 15 | 65° / 87°F |
| August | 16 | 11 | 17 | 62° / 85°F |
| September | 13 | 9 | 18 | 56° / 83°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 16 | 46° / 71°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 8 | 35° / 56°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 46°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 46 days a year here.
Towns near Muncie compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Anderson (106 a year, 17 miles southwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 59 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. Yorktown is read from the same station as Muncie, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Muncie | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorktown, IN | 6 mi west | 78 | June to September | same station |
| Anderson, IN | 17 mi southwest | 106 | May to September | Anrsn Municipal Drngton Field Airport |
| New Castle, IN | 19 mi south | 106 | May to September | Anrsn Municipal Drngton Field Airport |
| Marion, IN | 28 mi northwest | 77 | June to August | Marion Municipal Airport |
| Noblesville, IN | 34 mi west | 59 | July to August | Indianapolis Executive Airport |
| Greenfield, IN | 34 mi southwest | 75 | July to September | Shelbyville Minucipal Airport |
How Muncie ranks in IN
Of 88 IN places with 10,000 people or more, Muncie (population 65,320, 13th largest) ranks 22nd for painting days, 3 days above the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Michigan City, 134 days, 130 miles northwest. The shortest is McCordsville at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 46 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Delaware County-Johnson Fd Airport (2.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.