When to paint a house exterior in Clearfield, UT
When to paint in Clearfield, UT
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is June, with 2 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June, call for quotes in April or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 7May
- 14Jun
- 6Jul
- 11Aug
- 15Sep
- 3Oct
- 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 | 22° / 38°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 43°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 32° / 53°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 13 | 38° / 61°F |
| May | 7 | 6 | 19 | 46° / 71°F |
| June | 14 | 12 | 17 | 56° / 85°F |
| July | 6 | 3 | 6 | 65° / 93°F |
| August | 11 | 7 | 11 | 62° / 90°F |
| September | 15 | 15 | 21 | 54° / 81°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 18 | 42° / 65°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 31° / 50°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 23° / 39°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 68 days a year here.
Towns near Clearfield compared
2 get fewer, down to 50 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. Syracuse, Layton, West Point, Kaysville are read from the same station as Clearfield, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Clearfield | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse, UT | 3 mi west | 56 | June | same station |
| Layton, UT | 3 mi southeast | 56 | June | same station |
| Clinton, UT | 4 mi northwest | 50 | September | Ogden-Hinckley Airport |
| West Point, UT | 5 mi west | 56 | June | same station |
| Roy, UT | 5 mi north | 50 | September | Ogden-Hinckley Airport |
| Kaysville, UT | 6 mi southeast | 56 | June | same station |
How Clearfield ranks in UT
Of 67 UT places with 10,000 people or more, Clearfield (population 34,778, 33rd largest) ranks 21st for painting days, 9 days above the state median of 47. The longest season in the state is West Valley City, 78 days, 28 miles south. The shortest is Hyrum at 11. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 68 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Hill Air Force Base Airport (3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.