When to paint a house exterior in New Haven, CT
When to paint in New Haven, CT
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 September, at about 17 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
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 7May
- 16Jun
- 15Jul
- 16Aug
- 17Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 45°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 51°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 12 | 40° / 61°F |
| May | 7 | 4 | 16 | 50° / 72°F |
| June | 16 | 11 | 18 | 59° / 80°F |
| July | 15 | 8 | 15 | 67° / 86°F |
| August | 16 | 11 | 16 | 66° / 85°F |
| September | 17 | 12 | 19 | 59° / 79°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 16 | 48° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 8 | 36° / 57°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 30° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 50 days a year here.
Towns near New Haven compared
2 get fewer, down to 67 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. West Haven, Derby are read from the same station as New Haven, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From New Haven | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Haven, CT | 3 mi southwest | 79 | June to September | same station |
| Ansonia, CT | 8 mi west | 67 | June to August | Waterbury-Oxford Airport |
| Derby, CT | 8 mi west | 79 | June to September | same station |
| Milford, CT | 9 mi southwest | 79 | June to September | Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport |
| Shelton, CT | 11 mi west | 79 | June to September | Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport |
| Naugatuck, CT | 14 mi northwest | 67 | June to August | Waterbury-Oxford Airport |
How New Haven ranks in CT
Of 21 CT places with 10,000 people or more, New Haven (population 137,562, 3rd largest) ranks 1st for painting days, 13 days above the state median of 67. No place in CT has a longer season. The shortest is Norwich at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 50 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Tweed-New Haven Airport (3.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.