When to paint a house exterior in Wabash, IN
When to paint in Wabash, IN
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May 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.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 6May
- 11Jun
- 15Jul
- 16Aug
- 11Sep
- 3Oct
- 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 | 19° / 36°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 42°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 53°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 7 | 38° / 64°F |
| May | 6 | 6 | 13 | 50° / 75°F |
| June | 11 | 8 | 14 | 60° / 84°F |
| July | 15 | 10 | 15 | 63° / 85°F |
| August | 16 | 12 | 17 | 61° / 84°F |
| September | 11 | 10 | 16 | 56° / 81°F |
| October | 3 | 2 | 13 | 44° / 69°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 32° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 43°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 41 days a year here.
Towns near Wabash compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Marion (77 a year, 20 miles southeast). 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. Peru, Logansport are read from the same station as Wabash, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Wabash | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peru, IN | 13 mi west | 65 | July to August | same station |
| Huntington, IN | 18 mi east | 70 | July to September | Fort Wayne International Airport |
| Marion, IN | 20 mi southeast | 77 | June to August | Marion Municipal Airport |
| Logansport, IN | 28 mi west | 65 | July to August | same station |
| Kokomo, IN | 28 mi southwest | 75 | June to August | Kokomo Municipal Airport |
| Warsaw, IN | 31 mi north | 72 | July to August | Goshen Municipal Airport |
How Wabash ranks in IN
Of 88 IN places with 10,000 people or more, Wabash (population 10,275, 84th largest) ranks 79th for painting days, 10 days below the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Michigan City, 134 days, 83 miles northwest. The shortest is McCordsville at 59. 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 Grissom Air Force Base Airport (19.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.