When to paint a house exterior in Derby, KS
When to paint in Derby, KS
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is September, with 1 good month a year. The best month is September, at about 13 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 Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 3Mar
- 8Apr
- 11May
- 8Jun
- 6Jul
- 8Aug
- 13Sep
- 10Oct
- 3Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 25° / 47°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 28° / 51°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 14 | 39° / 63°F |
| April | 8 | 7 | 19 | 47° / 71°F |
| May | 11 | 8 | 15 | 57° / 78°F |
| June | 8 | 4 | 8 | 68° / 90°F |
| July | 6 | 5 | 6 | 71° / 93°F |
| August | 8 | 4 | 8 | 69° / 91°F |
| September | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64° / 86°F |
| October | 10 | 10 | 21 | 50° / 73°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 14 | 38° / 60°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 30° / 51°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 61 days a year here.
Towns near Derby compared
2 get fewer, down to 52 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. Haysville is read from the same station as Derby, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Derby | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haysville, KS | 5 mi west | 72 | September | same station |
| Wichita, KS | 10 mi northwest | 52 | August to October | Wichita Eisenhower National |
| Andover, KS | 11 mi northeast | 73 | September | Colonel James Jabara Airport |
| Bel Aire, KS | 15 mi north | 73 | September | Colonel James Jabara Airport |
| Winfield, KS | 27 mi southeast | 67 | April to June | Strother Field Airport |
| El Dorado, KS | 28 mi northeast | 73 | September | Colonel James Jabara Airport |
How Derby ranks in KS
Of 38 KS places with 10,000 people or more, Derby (population 26,604, 16th largest) ranks 17th for painting days, 1 day above the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Pittsburg, 90 days, 141 miles east. The shortest is Dodge City at 35. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 61 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Mcconnell Air Force Base Airport (4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.