When to paint a house exterior in Statesville, NC
When to paint in Statesville, NC
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, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 3Mar
- 5Apr
- 12May
- 14Jun
- 6Jul
- 12Aug
- 15Sep
- 9Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 28° / 53°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 33° / 58°F |
| March | 3 | 2 | 10 | 39° / 66°F |
| April | 5 | 4 | 17 | 46° / 74°F |
| May | 12 | 9 | 18 | 55° / 80°F |
| June | 14 | 13 | 14 | 63° / 87°F |
| July | 6 | 2 | 6 | 68° / 91°F |
| August | 12 | 8 | 12 | 66° / 88°F |
| September | 15 | 13 | 17 | 61° / 84°F |
| October | 9 | 8 | 22 | 49° / 75°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 9 | 37° / 64°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 33° / 56°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 60 days a year here.
Towns near Statesville compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Salisbury (95 a year, 23 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. Mooresville is read from the same station as Statesville, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Statesville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mooresville, NC | 14 mi south | 78 | August to September | same station |
| Davidson, NC | 21 mi south | 80 | May to June | Licontn-Lincoln County Rgnl Airport |
| Cornelius, NC | 21 mi south | 80 | May to June | Licontn-Lincoln County Rgnl Airport |
| Newton, NC | 22 mi west | 77 | June | Hickory Regional Airport |
| Salisbury, NC | 23 mi east | 95 | May to June | Rowan County Airport |
| Kannapolis, NC | 24 mi southeast | 95 | May to June | Rowan County Airport |
How Statesville ranks in NC
Of 91 NC places with 10,000 people or more, Statesville (population 31,693, 39th largest) ranks 45th for painting days, right at the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Greenville, 123 days, 197 miles east. The shortest is Boone at 50. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 60 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Statesville Municipal Airport (4.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.