When to paint a house exterior in Coos Bay, OR
When to paint in Coos Bay, OR
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July, with 1 good month a year. The best month is July, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past July is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jul, Aug.
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- 10Aug
- 5Sep
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 41° / 56°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 39° / 55°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 40° / 56°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 43° / 58°F |
| May | 2 | 1 | 9 | 47° / 61°F |
| June | 6 | 3 | 12 | 50° / 65°F |
| July | 14 | 9 | 16 | 53° / 68°F |
| August | 10 | 9 | 12 | 54° / 69°F |
| September | 5 | 3 | 10 | 51° / 69°F |
| October | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 47° / 65°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 42° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 40° / 55°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 44 days a year here.
Towns near Coos Bay compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Grants Pass (81 a year, 80 miles southeast); 3 get fewer, down to 32 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. North Bend is read from the same station as Coos Bay, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Coos Bay | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Bend, OR | 2 mi north | 38 | July | same station |
| Roseburg, OR | 46 mi east | 65 | June to August | Roseburg Regional Airport |
| Cottage Grove, OR | 65 mi northeast | 32 | July to August | Mahlon Sweet Field Airport |
| Eugene, OR | 73 mi northeast | 32 | July to August | Mahlon Sweet Field Airport |
| Springfield, OR | 78 mi northeast | 32 | July to August | Mahlon Sweet Field Airport |
| Grants Pass, OR | 80 mi southeast | 81 | July to August | Sexton Summit |
How Coos Bay ranks in OR
Of 57 OR places with 10,000 people or more, Coos Bay (population 15,801, 38th largest) ranks 41st for painting days, 14 days below the state median of 52. The longest season in the state is Portland, 87 days, 168 miles northeast. The shortest is Klamath Falls at 5. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 44 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from North Bend Municipal Airport (2.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.