When to paint a house exterior in Wheeling, WV
When to paint in Wheeling, WV
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 August, 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
- 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 8May
- 13Jun
- 15Jul
- 17Aug
- 15Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 41°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 3 | 26° / 46°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 32° / 56°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 10 | 41° / 66°F |
| May | 8 | 5 | 14 | 52° / 75°F |
| June | 13 | 8 | 15 | 59° / 82°F |
| July | 15 | 9 | 15 | 63° / 86°F |
| August | 17 | 10 | 17 | 62° / 84°F |
| September | 15 | 11 | 19 | 57° / 80°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 16 | 46° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 35° / 56°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 47°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Wheeling compared
1 gets fewer, down to 61 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. Steubenville, Weirton are read from the same station as Wheeling, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Wheeling | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steubenville, OH | 20 mi north | 79 | June to September | same station |
| Weirton, WV | 24 mi north | 79 | June to September | same station |
| Washington, PA | 25 mi east | 61 | July to August | Washington County Airport |
| Bethel Park, PA | 39 mi northeast | 79 | June to September | Allegheny County Airport |
| Whitehall, PA | 42 mi northeast | 79 | June to September | Allegheny County Airport |
| Jefferson Hills, PA | 43 mi east | 79 | June to September | Allegheny County Airport |
How Wheeling ranks in WV
Of 13 WV places with 10,000 people or more, Wheeling (population 26,060, 5th largest) ranks 1st for painting days, 10 days above the state median of 69. No place in WV has a longer season. The shortest is Martinsburg at 58. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 43 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Wheeling Ohio County Airport (7.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.