When to paint a house exterior in New York, NY
When to paint in New York, NY
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 18 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 13May
- 16Jun
- 12Jul
- 16Aug
- 18Sep
- 11Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 47°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 35° / 54°F |
| April | 3 | 2 | 15 | 44° / 65°F |
| May | 13 | 9 | 16 | 54° / 75°F |
| June | 16 | 13 | 17 | 63° / 82°F |
| July | 12 | 5 | 12 | 70° / 88°F |
| August | 16 | 10 | 16 | 69° / 86°F |
| September | 18 | 14 | 18 | 63° / 80°F |
| October | 11 | 10 | 18 | 52° / 69°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 16 | 41° / 58°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 7 | 34° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 58 days a year here.
Towns near New York compared
2 get fewer, down to 74 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. Hoboken, Union City, West New York, Guttenberg are read from the same station as New York, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From New York | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoboken, NJ | 7 mi northwest | 92 | May to September | same station |
| Jersey City, NJ | 7 mi northwest | 74 | August to September | Newark Liberty International |
| Union City, NJ | 9 mi northwest | 92 | May to September | same station |
| Bayonne, NJ | 9 mi west | 74 | August to September | Newark Liberty International |
| West New York, NJ | 9 mi northwest | 92 | May to September | same station |
| Guttenberg, NJ | 10 mi north | 92 | May to September | same station |
How New York ranks in NY
Of 90 NY places with 10,000 people or more, New York (population 8,478,072, 1st largest) ranks 2nd for painting days, 22 days above the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Kingston, 96 days, 88 miles north. The shortest is Olean at 39. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 58 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Central Park (8.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.