When to paint a house exterior in Atascadero, CA
When to paint in Atascadero, CA
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is not reliable in any month, with 0 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 6 painting days.
If you cannot avoid the thin months, ask the painter for a low-temperature latex and watch the forecast for a dry run of 4 days before you commit. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 5Jun
- 5Jul
- 6Aug
- 5Sep
- 3Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 37° / 64°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 35° / 67°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 14 | 38° / 70°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 22 | 41° / 78°F |
| May | 5 | 3 | 22 | 46° / 83°F |
| June | 5 | 5 | 11 | 51° / 93°F |
| July | 5 | 5 | 6 | 55° / 98°F |
| August | 6 | 5 | 6 | 55° / 97°F |
| September | 5 | 5 | 12 | 51° / 93°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 20 | 44° / 85°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 11 | 36° / 72°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 34° / 63°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 113 days a year here.
Towns near Atascadero compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Morro Bay (144 a year, 13 miles southwest). 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. El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) is read from the same station as Atascadero, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Atascadero | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA | 10 mi north | 31 | none reliable | same station |
| Morro Bay, CA | 13 mi southwest | 144 | May to October | San Luis County Regional Airport |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | 15 mi south | 144 | May to October | San Luis County Regional Airport |
| Grover Beach, CA | 25 mi south | 126 | September to November | Cal Poly Pier |
| Arroyo Grande, CA | 26 mi south | 144 | May to October | San Luis County Regional Airport |
| Santa Maria, CA | 41 mi south | 106 | June to September | Santa Maria Pub/Capt G A Hanc |
How Atascadero ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Atascadero (population 29,743, 246th largest) ranks 368th for painting days, 97 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 144 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 113 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Paso Robles Municipal Airport (13.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.