When to paint a house exterior in Ocean City, NJ
When to paint in Ocean City, NJ
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is August to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June 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
- 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 8May
- 13Jun
- 10Jul
- 13Aug
- 14Sep
- 5Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 47°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 50°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 33° / 57°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 11 | 42° / 67°F |
| May | 8 | 7 | 16 | 52° / 75°F |
| June | 13 | 10 | 15 | 61° / 84°F |
| July | 10 | 6 | 10 | 68° / 89°F |
| August | 13 | 9 | 13 | 66° / 87°F |
| September | 14 | 11 | 16 | 60° / 81°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 17 | 48° / 72°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 8 | 36° / 61°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 30° / 52°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 49 days a year here.
Towns near Ocean City compared
2 get fewer, down to 64 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. Somers Point, Pleasantville, Atlantic City, Hammonton are read from the same station as Ocean City, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Ocean City | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somers Point, NJ | 3 mi north | 67 | August to September | same station |
| Pleasantville, NJ | 10 mi northeast | 67 | August to September | same station |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 11 mi northeast | 67 | August to September | same station |
| Vineland, NJ | 25 mi northwest | 64 | August to September | Millville Municipal Airport |
| Millville, NJ | 26 mi west | 64 | August to September | Millville Municipal Airport |
| Hammonton, NJ | 28 mi north | 67 | August to September | same station |
How Ocean City ranks in NJ
Of 116 NJ places with 10,000 people or more, Ocean City (population 11,219, 98th largest) ranks 86th for painting days, 4 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Union City, 92 days, 108 miles north. The shortest is Manville at 51. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 49 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Atlantic City International A (12.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.