Prime even if too cold or leave the bare wood exposed?

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Most of the trim at my home was stripped and some replaced. The painter primed a bit and now it's too cold (he took much longer than expected that’s why now it’s in the 30s, 40s). My dilemma is if to tell him to now wait till the Spring to finish. On one hand, I'm concerned that he will want to get it over with now and paint without concern for the proper temperatures. On the other hand, if I tell him to stop working, all the new or stripped wood might suffer through the winter (I'm in Maryland, near Washington, DC, expecting dry weather but often light snows). I've been told that the bare wood should be primed for the winter and then re-primed in the Spring before painting. But as temperatures now are in the 40s and 30s during the day, will the primer bond or whatever the term is? What should I tell the painter to do? To prime despite the low temps and wait to re-prime and paint in the Spring or to leave the bare wood as it is because it is too cold to prime now? I do appreciate your unbiased advice!