When to paint a house exterior in Rome, NY
When to paint in Rome, NY
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July, with 1 good month a year. The best month is July, at about 12 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past July is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- under 1Apr
- 3May
- 8Jun
- 12Jul
- 12Aug
- 8Sep
- 2Oct
- 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 | 14° / 33°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 15° / 37°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 45°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 59°F |
| May | 3 | 2 | 11 | 44° / 72°F |
| June | 8 | 5 | 14 | 53° / 79°F |
| July | 12 | 5 | 14 | 59° / 84°F |
| August | 12 | 6 | 14 | 58° / 82°F |
| September | 8 | 7 | 16 | 51° / 76°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 8 | 40° / 64°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 50°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 40°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 39 days a year here.
Towns near Rome compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Syracuse (58 a year, 35 miles west). 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. Oneida, Utica are read from the same station as Rome, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Rome | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida, NY | 14 mi southwest | 46 | July | same station |
| Utica, NY | 16 mi southeast | 46 | July | same station |
| Syracuse, NY | 35 mi west | 58 | July to August | Syracuse Hancock Internationa |
| Fulton, NY | 47 mi west | 53 | July to August | Oswego County Airport |
| Oswego, NY | 53 mi west | 53 | July to August | Oswego County Airport |
| Cortland, NY | 56 mi southwest | 48 | July to August | Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport |
How Rome ranks in NY
Of 90 NY places with 10,000 people or more, Rome (population 31,990, 23rd largest) ranks 84th for painting days, 24 days below the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Kingston, 96 days, 117 miles southeast. The shortest is Olean at 39. 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 Griffis Airfield (3.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.