When to paint a house exterior in Radcliff, KY
When to paint in Radcliff, KY
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is August to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June 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, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 10May
- 13Jun
- 11Jul
- 15Aug
- 14Sep
- 5Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 45°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 51°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 7 | 36° / 61°F |
| April | 3 | 2 | 11 | 44° / 70°F |
| May | 10 | 5 | 16 | 54° / 78°F |
| June | 13 | 9 | 14 | 61° / 86°F |
| July | 11 | 6 | 11 | 66° / 88°F |
| August | 15 | 10 | 15 | 64° / 86°F |
| September | 14 | 11 | 17 | 58° / 83°F |
| October | 5 | 4 | 16 | 46° / 73°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 8 | 36° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 31° / 52°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Radcliff compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bardstown (124 a year, 26 miles east). 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.
| Place | From Radcliff | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethtown, KY | 9 mi south | 74 | August to September | Addington Field |
| Shepherdsville, KY | 17 mi northeast | 76 | May | Louisville International-Standiford Fi |
| Mount Washington, KY | 26 mi northeast | 76 | May | Louisville International-Standiford Fi |
| Bardstown, KY | 26 mi east | 124 | May to September | Samuels Field / Bardstown |
| Shively, KY | 27 mi north | 76 | May | Louisville International-Standiford Fi |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY | 29 mi northeast | 75 | August to September | Bowman Field Airport |
How Radcliff ranks in KY
Of 42 KY places with 10,000 people or more, Radcliff (population 22,706, 17th largest) ranks 31st for painting days, 1 day below the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Campbellsville, 145 days, 46 miles southeast. The shortest is Glasgow at 58. 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 Godman Army Airfield Airport (5.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.