When to paint a house exterior in Waycross, GA
When to paint in Waycross, GA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is April to May, with 3 good months a year. The best month is October, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April to May, call for quotes in February or earlier; a job pushed past May is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 6Feb
- 9Mar
- 13Apr
- 13May
- 4Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 8Sep
- 16Oct
- 7Nov
- 2Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 9 | 40° / 66°F |
| February | 6 | 4 | 13 | 44° / 71°F |
| March | 9 | 9 | 18 | 48° / 77°F |
| April | 13 | 10 | 21 | 53° / 81°F |
| May | 13 | 11 | 15 | 61° / 88°F |
| June | 4 | 4 | 4 | 69° / 92°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72° / 94°F |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72° / 93°F |
| September | 8 | 8 | 8 | 67° / 89°F |
| October | 16 | 15 | 22 | 57° / 83°F |
| November | 7 | 7 | 19 | 48° / 74°F |
| December | 2 | 2 | 9 | 43° / 68°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 60 days a year here.
Towns near Waycross compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Brunswick (122 a year, 53 miles east); 1 gets fewer, down to 78 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. Douglas is read from the same station as Waycross, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Waycross | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas, GA | 36 mi northwest | 81 | April to May | same station |
| Jesup, GA | 38 mi northeast | 80 | May | Wright Army Airfield Airport |
| Kingsland, GA | 42 mi southeast | 91 | April to May | Jacksonville International Airport |
| Brunswick, GA | 53 mi east | 122 | March to May | Malcolm Mc Kinnon Airport |
| St. Marys, GA | 56 mi southeast | 91 | April to May | Jacksonville International Airport |
| Valdosta, GA | 60 mi southwest | 78 | October | Valdosta Regional Airport |
How Waycross ranks in GA
Of 101 GA places with 10,000 people or more, Waycross (population 13,671, 87th largest) ranks 49th for painting days, right at the state median of 81. The longest season in the state is McDonough, 144 days, 186 miles northwest. The shortest is Cedartown at 56. 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 Bacon County Airport (24.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.