When to paint a house exterior in Valparaiso, IN
When to paint in Valparaiso, IN
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to September, with 4 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 17 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to September, call for quotes in April 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
- 2Apr
- 9May
- 13Jun
- 17Jul
- 17Aug
- 15Sep
- 5Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 34°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 21° / 39°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 50°F |
| April | 2 | 1 | 9 | 39° / 61°F |
| May | 9 | 7 | 16 | 52° / 73°F |
| June | 13 | 10 | 15 | 61° / 83°F |
| July | 17 | 11 | 17 | 64° / 84°F |
| August | 17 | 13 | 18 | 63° / 83°F |
| September | 15 | 13 | 19 | 57° / 79°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 16 | 46° / 66°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 8 | 34° / 51°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 41°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 44 days a year here.
Towns near Valparaiso compared
4 get fewer, down to 76 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. Chesterton, Portage are read from the same station as Valparaiso, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Valparaiso | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterton, IN | 8 mi north | 81 | June to September | same station |
| Portage, IN | 10 mi northwest | 81 | June to September | same station |
| Hobart, IN | 12 mi west | 76 | June to September | Lansing Municipal Airport |
| Lake Station, IN | 12 mi northwest | 76 | June to September | Lansing Municipal Airport |
| Merrillville, IN | 14 mi west | 76 | June to September | Lansing Municipal Airport |
| Crown Point, IN | 16 mi west | 76 | June to September | Lansing Municipal Airport |
How Valparaiso ranks in IN
Of 88 IN places with 10,000 people or more, Valparaiso (population 35,065, 30th largest) ranks 20th for painting days, 5 days above the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Michigan City, 134 days, 18 miles northeast. The shortest is McCordsville at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 44 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Porter County Municipal Airport (3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.