When to paint a house exterior in Cottage Grove, OR
When to paint in Cottage Grove, OR
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 10 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jul, Aug, 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 | 1 | 35° / 51°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 34° / 53°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 36° / 58°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 39° / 65°F |
| May | 3 | 3 | 20 | 44° / 73°F |
| June | 4 | 4 | 20 | 48° / 81°F |
| July | 10 | 9 | 17 | 52° / 89°F |
| August | 10 | 9 | 17 | 52° / 89°F |
| September | 4 | 4 | 19 | 48° / 80°F |
| October | 2 | 1 | 11 | 42° / 68°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 37° / 56°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 34° / 50°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 90 days a year here.
Towns near Cottage Grove compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Roseburg (65 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. Springfield, Eugene are read from the same station as Cottage Grove, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Cottage Grove | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield, OR | 18 mi north | 32 | July to August | same station |
| Eugene, OR | 18 mi north | 32 | July to August | same station |
| Roseburg, OR | 42 mi south | 65 | June to August | Roseburg Regional Airport |
| Sweet Home, OR | 46 mi northeast | 52 | July to August | Corvallis Municipal Aprt |
| Lebanon, OR | 51 mi north | 52 | July to August | Corvallis Municipal Aprt |
| Corvallis, OR | 55 mi north | 52 | July to August | Corvallis Municipal Aprt |
How Cottage Grove ranks in OR
Of 57 OR places with 10,000 people or more, Cottage Grove (population 10,690, 50th largest) ranks 50th for painting days, 20 days below the state median of 52. The longest season in the state is Portland, 87 days, 122 miles north. The shortest is Klamath Falls at 5. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 90 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport (24.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.