When to paint a house exterior in Cheney, WA
When to paint in Cheney, WA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- under 1Apr
- 6May
- 11Jun
- 13Jul
- 14Aug
- 11Sep
- 2Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 24° / 37°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 41°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 51°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 12 | 36° / 60°F |
| May | 6 | 3 | 21 | 45° / 72°F |
| June | 11 | 10 | 20 | 52° / 80°F |
| July | 13 | 10 | 14 | 58° / 89°F |
| August | 14 | 11 | 16 | 58° / 88°F |
| September | 11 | 11 | 24 | 49° / 76°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 15 | 39° / 62°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 30° / 45°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 24° / 36°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 70 days a year here.
Towns near Cheney compared
5 get fewer, down to 42 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. Airway Heights is read from the same station as Cheney, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Cheney | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airway Heights, WA | 11 mi north | 58 | July to August | same station |
| Spokane, WA | 14 mi northeast | 42 | June to September | Felts Field Airport |
| Spokane Valley, WA | 20 mi northeast | 42 | June to September | Felts Field Airport |
| Liberty Lake, WA | 25 mi northeast | 42 | June to September | Felts Field Airport |
| Post Falls, ID | 34 mi northeast | 45 | June to September | Coeur D'Alene Air Term Airport |
| Rathdrum, ID | 38 mi northeast | 45 | June to September | Coeur D'Alene Air Term Airport |
How Cheney ranks in WA
Of 91 WA places with 10,000 people or more, Cheney (population 12,700, 80th largest) ranks 58th for painting days, 13 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Seattle, 108 days, 223 miles west. The shortest is Sunnyside at 27. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 70 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Spokane International Airport (9.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.