When to paint a house exterior in Paris, KY
When to paint in Paris, KY
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 August, at about 25 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 Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 3Mar
- 9Apr
- 19May
- 22Jun
- 23Jul
- 25Aug
- 19Sep
- 9Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 42°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 6 | 30° / 51°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 14 | 36° / 59°F |
| April | 9 | 9 | 22 | 44° / 68°F |
| May | 19 | 19 | 27 | 54° / 77°F |
| June | 22 | 21 | 24 | 61° / 83°F |
| July | 23 | 21 | 23 | 66° / 86°F |
| August | 25 | 24 | 26 | 63° / 84°F |
| September | 19 | 19 | 22 | 59° / 81°F |
| October | 9 | 9 | 24 | 46° / 70°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 12 | 36° / 57°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 6 | 32° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 72 days a year here.
Towns near Paris compared
5 get fewer, down to 71 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. Winchester is read from the same station as Paris, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Paris | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester, KY | 14 mi south | 135 | May to September | same station |
| Georgetown, KY | 15 mi west | 74 | August | Blue Grass Airport |
| Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY | 15 mi southwest | 74 | August | Blue Grass Airport |
| Nicholasville, KY | 27 mi southwest | 74 | August | Blue Grass Airport |
| Versailles, KY | 27 mi southwest | 74 | August | Blue Grass Airport |
| Frankfort, KY | 32 mi west | 71 | August | Capital City Airport |
How Paris ranks in KY
Of 42 KY places with 10,000 people or more, Paris (population 10,185, 42nd largest) ranks 6th for painting days, 61 days above the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Campbellsville, 145 days, 84 miles southwest. The shortest is Glasgow at 58. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 72 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Mount Sterling Montgomery Cou (18.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.