When to paint a house exterior in Columbia, MO
When to paint in Columbia, MO
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August to September, with 2 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 5Apr
- 11May
- 12Jun
- 9Jul
- 12Aug
- 15Sep
- 6Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 43°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 4 | 24° / 50°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 9 | 36° / 61°F |
| April | 5 | 3 | 14 | 43° / 71°F |
| May | 11 | 8 | 16 | 55° / 79°F |
| June | 12 | 10 | 12 | 65° / 88°F |
| July | 9 | 6 | 9 | 68° / 90°F |
| August | 12 | 9 | 12 | 66° / 88°F |
| September | 15 | 12 | 18 | 60° / 85°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 19 | 46° / 73°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 9 | 35° / 60°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 51°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 52 days a year here.
Towns near Columbia compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Marshall (86 a year, 48 miles west); 1 gets fewer, down to 61 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. Fulton, Mexico are read from the same station as Columbia, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Columbia | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton, MO | 21 mi east | 73 | August to September | same station |
| Jefferson City, MO | 27 mi south | 82 | August to September | Jefferson City Memo Airport |
| Mexico, MO | 29 mi northeast | 73 | August to September | same station |
| Moberly, MO | 33 mi north | 61 | August to October | Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport |
| Marshall, MO | 48 mi west | 86 | August to September | Sedalia Memorial Airport |
| Sedalia, MO | 52 mi west | 86 | August to September | Sedalia Memorial Airport |
How Columbia ranks in MO
Of 80 MO places with 10,000 people or more, Columbia (population 130,900, 4th largest) ranks 38th for painting days, 1 day above the state median of 72. The longest season in the state is Branson, 93 days, 170 miles south. The shortest is Moberly at 61. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 52 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Columbia Regional Airport (10.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.