When to paint a house exterior in Pontiac, MI
When to paint in Pontiac, MI
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 18 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.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 7May
- 12Jun
- 16Jul
- 18Aug
- 13Sep
- 3Oct
- under 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 | 18° / 33°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 17° / 38°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 48°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 6 | 35° / 59°F |
| May | 7 | 5 | 16 | 47° / 73°F |
| June | 12 | 9 | 16 | 56° / 81°F |
| July | 16 | 10 | 17 | 62° / 85°F |
| August | 18 | 14 | 18 | 61° / 83°F |
| September | 13 | 12 | 18 | 54° / 77°F |
| October | 3 | 2 | 12 | 43° / 64°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 31° / 50°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 25° / 40°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 39 days a year here.
Towns near Pontiac compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Troy (81 a year, 9 miles southeast). 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. Auburn Hills, Rochester Hills, Birmingham, Rochester, Beverly Hills are read from the same station as Pontiac, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Pontiac | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Hills, MI | 3 mi northeast | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Rochester Hills, MI | 7 mi east | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Birmingham, MI | 8 mi southeast | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Troy, MI | 9 mi southeast | 81 | June to September | Detroit City Airport |
| Rochester, MI | 9 mi east | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Beverly Hills, MI | 9 mi south | 69 | July to September | same station |
How Pontiac ranks in MI
Of 90 MI places with 10,000 people or more, Pontiac (population 62,528, 18th largest) ranks 51st for painting days, right at the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Alpena, 105 days, 168 miles north. The shortest is Escanaba at 36. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 39 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Oakland County. Intnl Airport (6.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.