When to paint a house exterior in Eureka, CA
When to paint in Eureka, CA
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is July, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 6 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.
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
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| January | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 41° / 58°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 38° / 56°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 39° / 57°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 42° / 58°F |
| May | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 45° / 59°F |
| June | 2 | 1 | 10 | 48° / 63°F |
| July | 6 | 6 | 9 | 52° / 65°F |
| August | 4 | 3 | 8 | 52° / 66°F |
| September | 3 | 2 | 8 | 49° / 66°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 45° / 64°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 41° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 40° / 57°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 70 days a year here.
Towns near Eureka compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Red Bluff (46 a year, 109 miles southeast). 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. Arcata is read from the same station as Eureka, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Eureka | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Arcata, CA | 6 mi northeast | 17 | July | same station |
| Fortuna, CA | 15 mi south | 35 | September | Rohnerville Airport |
| Shasta Lake, CA | 93 mi east | 43 | May | Redding Municipal Airport |
| Redding, CA | 95 mi east | 43 | May | Redding Municipal Airport |
| Anderson, CA | 100 mi east | 43 | May | Redding Municipal Airport |
| Red Bluff, CA | 109 mi southeast | 46 | April to May | Red Bluff Municipal Airport |
How Eureka ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Eureka (population 25,412, 272nd largest) ranks 373rd for painting days, 111 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 538 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 70 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Woodley Island (New 10/94) (0.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.