When to paint a house exterior in Eugene, OR
When to paint in Eugene, 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 Eugene compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Sweet Home (52 a year, 32 miles northeast). 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, Cottage Grove are read from the same station as Eugene, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Eugene | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield, OR | 7 mi east | 32 | July to August | same station |
| Cottage Grove, OR | 18 mi south | 32 | July to August | same station |
| Sweet Home, OR | 32 mi northeast | 52 | July to August | Corvallis Municipal Aprt |
| Lebanon, OR | 34 mi north | 52 | July to August | Corvallis Municipal Aprt |
| Corvallis, OR | 36 mi north | 52 | July to August | Corvallis Municipal Aprt |
| Albany, OR | 39 mi north | 52 | July to August | Corvallis Municipal Aprt |
How Eugene ranks in OR
Of 57 OR places with 10,000 people or more, Eugene (population 178,786, 3rd largest) ranks 48th for painting days, 20 days below the state median of 52. The longest season in the state is Portland, 87 days, 105 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 (7.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.