When to paint a house exterior in Smyrna, DE
When to paint in Smyrna, DE
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 September, 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
- 10Jul
- 14Aug
- 15Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 46°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 50°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 35° / 57°F |
| April | 3 | 2 | 13 | 44° / 68°F |
| May | 10 | 8 | 16 | 54° / 76°F |
| June | 13 | 12 | 14 | 63° / 84°F |
| July | 10 | 6 | 10 | 69° / 89°F |
| August | 14 | 9 | 14 | 68° / 87°F |
| September | 15 | 14 | 16 | 62° / 81°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 17 | 50° / 72°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 10 | 38° / 61°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 32° / 52°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 50 days a year here.
Towns near Smyrna compared
2 get fewer, down to 64 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. Dover is read from the same station as Smyrna, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Smyrna | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover, DE | 10 mi southeast | 73 | August to September | same station |
| Middletown, DE | 12 mi northwest | 71 | August to September | New Castle County Airport |
| Bridgeton, NJ | 22 mi northeast | 64 | August to September | Millville Municipal Airport |
| Elkton, MD | 24 mi northwest | 71 | August to September | New Castle County Airport |
| Newark, DE | 28 mi north | 71 | August to September | New Castle County Airport |
| Milford, DE | 28 mi south | 67 | September | Sussex County Airport |
How Smyrna ranks in DE
Of 6 DE places with 10,000 people or more, Smyrna (population 13,326, 6th largest) ranks 2nd for painting days, 2 days above the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Dover, 73 days, 10 miles southeast. The shortest is Milford at 67. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 50 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dover Air Force Base Airport (13.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.