When to paint a house exterior in Parkersburg, WV
When to paint in Parkersburg, WV
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is July to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to September, call for quotes in May 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.
- 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 8May
- 11Jun
- 12Jul
- 15Aug
- 12Sep
- 4Oct
- 1Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 44°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27° / 50°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 33° / 59°F |
| April | 3 | 2 | 10 | 41° / 69°F |
| May | 8 | 5 | 13 | 52° / 78°F |
| June | 11 | 8 | 15 | 59° / 84°F |
| July | 12 | 6 | 12 | 64° / 88°F |
| August | 15 | 9 | 15 | 62° / 87°F |
| September | 12 | 10 | 17 | 57° / 82°F |
| October | 4 | 3 | 13 | 45° / 71°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34° / 58°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 3 | 30° / 50°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 42 days a year here.
Towns near Parkersburg compared
1 gets 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. Vienna, Marietta, Athens are read from the same station as Parkersburg, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Parkersburg | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna, WV | 4 mi north | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Marietta, OH | 12 mi northeast | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Athens, OH | 30 mi west | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Cambridge, OH | 53 mi north | 71 | July to September | Zanesville Municipal Airport |
| Zanesville, OH | 54 mi northwest | 71 | July to September | Zanesville Municipal Airport |
| St. Albans, WV | 63 mi south | 64 | May to September | Yeager Airport |
How Parkersburg ranks in WV
Of 13 WV places with 10,000 people or more, Parkersburg (population 28,834, 4th largest) ranks 6th for painting days, right at the state median of 69. The longest season in the state is Wheeling, 79 days, 72 miles northeast. The shortest is Martinsburg at 58. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 42 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport (7.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.