When to paint a house exterior in Corcoran, CA
When to paint in Corcoran, CA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 1 good month a year. The best month is May, at about 12 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past May is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 6Apr
- 12May
- 5Jun
- under 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 7Sep
- 9Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 38° / 60°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 12 | 38° / 66°F |
| March | 2 | 1 | 19 | 42° / 71°F |
| April | 6 | 5 | 23 | 47° / 81°F |
| May | 12 | 10 | 18 | 53° / 87°F |
| June | 5 | 5 | 6 | 60° / 97°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 65° / 102°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 64° / 101°F |
| September | 7 | 7 | 8 | 58° / 95°F |
| October | 9 | 9 | 24 | 49° / 85°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 15 | 39° / 70°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 36° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 91 days a year here.
Towns near Corcoran compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Tulare (52 a year, 15 miles northeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 34 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. Hanford is read from the same station as Corcoran, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Corcoran | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulare, CA | 15 mi northeast | 52 | May | Visalia Municipal Airport |
| Hanford, CA | 18 mi north | 43 | May | same station |
| Lemoore, CA | 20 mi northwest | 34 | May | Naval Air Station |
| Visalia, CA | 21 mi northeast | 52 | May | Visalia Municipal Airport |
| Farmersville, CA | 25 mi northeast | 52 | May | Visalia Municipal Airport |
| Exeter, CA | 27 mi northeast | 52 | May | Visalia Municipal Airport |
How Corcoran ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Corcoran (population 22,627, 286th largest) ranks 349th for painting days, 85 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 130 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 91 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Hanford Municipal Airport (16.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.