When to paint a house exterior in Baker City, OR
When to paint in Baker City, OR
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 July, at about 2 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. No month here reliably has the dry back-to-back days deck stain needs, so consider a solid stain or a sealer you can apply in shorter breaks.
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
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| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 19° / 38°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 44°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 54°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 62°F |
| May | 1 | under 1 | 12 | 37° / 71°F |
| June | 2 | 2 | 17 | 43° / 81°F |
| July | 2 | 2 | 12 | 47° / 91°F |
| August | 2 | 1 | 13 | 46° / 90°F |
| September | 1 | 1 | 13 | 38° / 80°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 7 | 30° / 65°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 24° / 49°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 19° / 38°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 75 days a year here.
Towns near Baker City compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Walla Walla (63 a year, 93 miles north). 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.
| Place | From Baker City | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| La Grande, OR | 40 mi north | 21 | none reliable | La Grande/Union County Airport |
| Ontario, OR | 67 mi southeast | 26 | June | Ontario Municipal Airport |
| Pendleton, OR | 79 mi northwest | 36 | June to September | Eastern Or Regional At Pendle |
| Walla Walla, WA | 93 mi north | 63 | June | Walla Walla Regional Airport |
| Middleton, ID | 95 mi southeast | 29 | June | Caldwell Industrial Airport |
| Caldwell, ID | 97 mi southeast | 29 | June | Caldwell Industrial Airport |
How Baker City ranks in OR
Of 57 OR places with 10,000 people or more, Baker City (population 10,135, 54th largest) ranks 56th for painting days, 44 days below the state median of 52. The longest season in the state is Portland, 87 days, 241 miles west. The shortest is Klamath Falls at 5. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 75 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Baker City Municipal Airport (4.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.