When to paint a house exterior in Atwater, CA
When to paint in Atwater, CA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 1 good month a year. The best month is May, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March 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 Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 3Feb
- 4Mar
- 9Apr
- 16May
- 7Jun
- 2Jul
- 3Aug
- 10Sep
- 11Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 5 | 40° / 60°F |
| February | 3 | 2 | 14 | 39° / 66°F |
| March | 4 | 3 | 24 | 43° / 71°F |
| April | 9 | 7 | 26 | 48° / 78°F |
| May | 16 | 12 | 21 | 54° / 86°F |
| June | 7 | 7 | 8 | 61° / 96°F |
| July | 2 | 2 | 2 | 65° / 100°F |
| August | 3 | 3 | 3 | 65° / 99°F |
| September | 10 | 10 | 10 | 59° / 93°F |
| October | 11 | 11 | 24 | 51° / 84°F |
| November | 3 | 2 | 18 | 41° / 68°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 7 | 39° / 58°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 95 days a year here.
Towns near Atwater compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Turlock (73 a year, 18 miles northwest); 3 get fewer, down to 43 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. Livingston is read from the same station as Atwater, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Atwater | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston, CA | 7 mi west | 67 | May | same station |
| Merced, CA | 8 mi southeast | 45 | May | Mrcd Municipal/Macready Field Airport |
| Turlock, CA | 18 mi northwest | 73 | September to October | Mdsto Cty-County H Sham Fd Airport |
| Newman, CA | 23 mi west | 73 | September to October | Mdsto Cty-County H Sham Fd Airport |
| Los Banos, CA | 24 mi southwest | 45 | May | Mrcd Municipal/Macready Field Airport |
| Chowchilla, CA | 26 mi southeast | 43 | May | Madera Municipal Airport |
How Atwater ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Atwater (population 32,248, 232nd largest) ranks 295th for painting days, 61 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 234 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 95 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Castle Air Force Base (2.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.