When to paint a house exterior in Phillipsburg, NJ
When to paint in Phillipsburg, NJ
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 14 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 Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 7May
- 12Jun
- 12Jul
- 14Aug
- 10Sep
- 4Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 22° / 42°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 46°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 54°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 11 | 40° / 66°F |
| May | 7 | 4 | 16 | 49° / 76°F |
| June | 12 | 7 | 14 | 58° / 84°F |
| July | 12 | 8 | 12 | 64° / 89°F |
| August | 14 | 11 | 15 | 62° / 86°F |
| September | 10 | 7 | 16 | 55° / 80°F |
| October | 4 | 4 | 15 | 44° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33° / 57°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 27° / 47°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.
Towns near Phillipsburg compared
1 gets fewer, down to 52 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. Easton, Bethlehem, Northampton, Allentown, Emmaus are read from the same station as Phillipsburg, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Phillipsburg | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easton, PA | 2 mi west | 62 | July to August | same station |
| Bethlehem, PA | 11 mi southwest | 62 | July to August | same station |
| Northampton, PA | 16 mi west | 62 | July to August | same station |
| Allentown, PA | 17 mi southwest | 62 | July to August | same station |
| Emmaus, PA | 20 mi southwest | 62 | July to August | same station |
| Hackettstown, NJ | 22 mi northeast | 52 | August | Aeroflex-Andover Airport |
How Phillipsburg ranks in NJ
Of 116 NJ places with 10,000 people or more, Phillipsburg (population 15,393, 65th largest) ranks 109th for painting days, 10 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Union City, 92 days, 60 miles east. The shortest is Manville at 51. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 48 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Lehigh Valley International A (14.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.