When to paint a house exterior in Clearlake, CA
When to paint in Clearlake, CA
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is September, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 7 painting days. Book a painter by July.
If you want the house done in September, call for quotes in July or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Sep.
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 38° / 60°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 36° / 65°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 13 | 39° / 67°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 21 | 42° / 74°F |
| May | 5 | 3 | 21 | 47° / 82°F |
| June | 6 | 6 | 11 | 53° / 92°F |
| July | 3 | 1 | 3 | 56° / 98°F |
| August | 4 | 3 | 4 | 56° / 97°F |
| September | 7 | 7 | 12 | 51° / 92°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 18 | 45° / 83°F |
| November | 1 | under 1 | 11 | 38° / 67°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 36° / 59°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 103 days a year here.
Towns near Clearlake compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Rohnert Park (90 a year, 42 miles south). 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. Ukiah is read from the same station as Clearlake, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Clearlake | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healdsburg, CA | 26 mi southwest | 60 | July to August | Sonoma County Airport |
| Windsor, CA | 30 mi south | 60 | July to August | Sonoma County Airport |
| Ukiah, CA | 33 mi northwest | 29 | September | same station |
| Santa Rosa, CA | 36 mi south | 60 | July to August | Sonoma County Airport |
| Rohnert Park, CA | 42 mi south | 90 | June to September | Petaluma Municipal Airport |
| Sonoma, CA | 47 mi south | 90 | June to September | Petaluma Municipal Airport |
How Clearlake ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Clearlake (population 16,636, 320th largest) ranks 369th for painting days, 99 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 388 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 103 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Ukiah Municipal Airport (32.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.