When to paint a house exterior in Olean, NY
When to paint in Olean, NY
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 11 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jul, Aug, Sep.
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
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| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 17° / 34°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 18° / 39°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 24° / 47°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 4 | 33° / 59°F |
| May | 3 | 2 | 10 | 44° / 71°F |
| June | 5 | 4 | 13 | 51° / 77°F |
| July | 11 | 9 | 16 | 55° / 82°F |
| August | 10 | 7 | 15 | 55° / 80°F |
| September | 6 | 4 | 15 | 49° / 74°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 8 | 40° / 63°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 49°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 39°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Olean compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Lackawanna (76 a year, 55 miles north). 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. St. Marys is read from the same station as Olean, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Olean | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown, NY | 41 mi west | 61 | July to August | Chautauqua County/Jamestown Airport |
| St. Marys, PA | 44 mi south | 39 | July to August | same station |
| Dunkirk, NY | 53 mi northwest | 76 | June to September | Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport |
| Lackawanna, NY | 55 mi north | 76 | June to September | Buffalo Niagara International |
| Lancaster, NY | 58 mi north | 76 | June to September | Buffalo Niagara International |
| Depew, NY | 59 mi north | 76 | June to September | Buffalo Niagara International |
How Olean ranks in NY
Of 90 NY places with 10,000 people or more, Olean (population 13,614, 65th largest) ranks 90th for painting days, 31 days below the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Kingston, 96 days, 228 miles east. No place in NY has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 47 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Bradford Regional Airport (22.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.