When to paint a house exterior in Shelbyville, KY
When to paint in Shelbyville, KY
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August, with 1 good month a year. The best month is August, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August, call for quotes in June 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 4Apr
- 10May
- 11Jun
- 9Jul
- 14Aug
- 12Sep
- 7Oct
- 1Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 46°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 52°F |
| March | 2 | 1 | 5 | 35° / 62°F |
| April | 4 | 3 | 10 | 43° / 70°F |
| May | 10 | 6 | 15 | 54° / 79°F |
| June | 11 | 8 | 13 | 62° / 87°F |
| July | 9 | 6 | 9 | 67° / 89°F |
| August | 14 | 9 | 14 | 64° / 88°F |
| September | 12 | 11 | 16 | 58° / 84°F |
| October | 7 | 5 | 17 | 46° / 74°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 35° / 60°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 3 | 31° / 52°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 41 days a year here.
Towns near Shelbyville compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Mount Washington (76 a year, 21 miles southwest). 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. Frankfort, Lawrenceburg are read from the same station as Shelbyville, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Shelbyville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Grange, KY | 15 mi northwest | 75 | August to September | Bowman Field Airport |
| Jeffersontown, KY | 18 mi west | 75 | August to September | Bowman Field Airport |
| Lyndon, KY | 20 mi west | 75 | August to September | Bowman Field Airport |
| Frankfort, KY | 20 mi east | 71 | August | same station |
| Mount Washington, KY | 21 mi southwest | 76 | May | Louisville International-Standiford Fi |
| Lawrenceburg, KY | 21 mi southeast | 71 | August | same station |
How Shelbyville ranks in KY
Of 42 KY places with 10,000 people or more, Shelbyville (population 18,048, 24th largest) ranks 35th for painting days, 3 days below the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Campbellsville, 145 days, 60 miles south. The shortest is Glasgow at 58. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 41 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Capital City Airport (18 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.